Creeks receive much-needed rain after overnight storms
Posted: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:14 AM - 14,021 Readers
By: Jessica Vess
An overnight storm system started with lightning and was followed by much-needed rain.
Roads across Central Texas are still puddled with rain from the storm.
“I thought it was excellent. Thought it was fabulous, we need more of it,” said one Austin driver.
The sounds of the storm first swept through North Austin around
2:30 a.m. Lightning flashed overhead, filling the sky with light.
Thunder rattled, waking many from their sleep.
“It was a lot of thunder. You hadn’t heard that sound in awhile. It was really nice,” said an Austin driver.
Some slept through the sounds, but woke up to the wet roads.
“I was pretty shocked that it rained so much,” said another Austin resident.
Most areas got about a half inch of rain. Some areas including
Dripping Springs, Lakeway and Cedar Park measured more than an inch.
Area creeks including Shoal Creek in North Austin flowed swiftly
immediately after the storm, but Bull Creek in Northwest Austin didn’t
get much water. It remained dry in most areas. The storm left some
hoping for more.
“I thought it’d still be raining this morning,” said an Austin driver.
The bands of rain moved through quickly but it still left a mark.
Wind gusts reached up to 40 miles per hour in some areas. The storm
caused a number of power outages throughout Central Texas. Austin Energy
reported up to 210 customers without power. Pedernales Electric
reported several hundred of its customers lost power as well. Oncor says
about 100 customers lost power as the storm passed through.
Crews on standby had power restored to most areas within a couple of hours.
There was one report of hail. KVUE's storm spotters near Round Rock reported quarter-sized hail around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
