BLOG: Severe storms bring rain to Central Texas
Editor’s Note: The video at the top of this story is from a KXAN viewer in Hutto, Texas.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The KXAN First Warning Weather team is tracking the risk of scattered severe storms throughout Central Texas Thursday.
Latest forecast from the First Warning Weather team
Threats from these include hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
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10:30 p.m.
Austin Energy is reporting 2,236 outages, according to the utility’s outage map.
7:45 p.m.
Bluebonnet Electric said it is assessing “catastrophic damage” to the electric grid from today’s storms in its service area.
The utility company said it continues working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power
“Reports indicate storms caused trees and debris to fall or blow into power lines, poles and other equipment. We will provide updates throughout this outage event.”
6:45 p.m.
“All roads are currently open except for Cameron Rd near Parmer Ln and Spicewood Springs Rd #1-7,” FEWS said.
6:23 p.m.
Baby rabbit saved from pool by local fireman during downpour
“Five miles north of La Grange on Hwy 77 and got 2″ of rain in 45 minutes.” (Credit: Connie Buscha) Lightening strike brought down tree in Country Estate in Hutto | KXAN viewer photo Lightening strike brought down tree in Country Estate in Hutto | KXAN viewer photo Lightening strike brought down tree in Country Estate in Hutto | KXAN viewer photo Tree branch broken by straight line winds in Del Valle | Credit: April Dawn Richardson
5:44 p.m.
Cameron Road near East Parmer Lane in northeast Austin is closed due to flooding, according to the City of Austin Flood Early Warning System (FEWS).
5:25 p.m.
Local Austin fireman Michael Reese jumped quickly into action to rescue a baby rabbit from a pool after a heavy downpour of rain. He saw the baby rabbit from a distance and said he had to save it. Reese then got his pool cleaning net and was able to save the baby rabbit.
Here is the video sent to us by Belinda Bryant.
5:24 p.m.
“Alert: Multiple #CapMetro rail arms are currently down. The malfunction is caused by the impacts of the recent weather. We are aware of the issue and have crews working to fix the problem.
Please do not try to manually move the crossing guards. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.” CapMetro posted on social media.
5:21 p.m.
Spicewood Springs Road (#1-7) between Loop 360 and Old Lampasas Trail in northwest Austin is closed due to flooding, according to the City of Austin Flood Early Warning System.
5:18 p.m.
Austin Energy spokesperson Matt Mitchell said high winds, blowing tree limbs and vegetation into power lines have caused outages today.
The total number of customers without power is 98.24%, with 98 active outages and 9,880 total affected customers.
Downed tree limbs after severe storms in Austin (Courtesy Matt Mitchell) Downed tree limbs after severe storms in Austin (Courtesy Matt Mitchell) Downed tree limbs after severe storms in Austin (Courtesy Matt Mitchell)
5:12 p.m.
A KXAN viewer sent us video of rain in Hutto
5:04 p.m.
Manor Independent School District cancels high school tutorials and all fine arts events due to weather. Thursday’s performance of ‘The Little Mermaid’ at the Manor High School PAC was also canceled, the district said on social media.
5:02 p.m.
A KXAN viewer sent us these photos of downed tree limbs after severe storms in the Circle C neighborhood.
Downed tree limbs in Circle C neighborhood (KXAN viewer photo) Downed tree limbs in Circle C neighborhood (KXAN viewer photo) Downed tree limbs in Circle C neighborhood (KXAN viewer photo)
4:55 p.m.
Reports of rain came in from Burnet, Round Rock and Liberty Hill.
Here is a video of rain at the Burnet Municipal Airport sent in by a KXAN viewer.
Bill Combes sent us this video of rain in Round Rock.
Here is some pooling rain in Liberty Hill from Brendan Hudson.
Here is video of some rain and thunder in Round Rock from Sheila Luedecke.
4:50 p.m.
Tornado Warning in effect for parts of Fayette and Lee counties
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