Coleman County hit by 2 severe weather events in 24 hours
SANTA ANNA, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Strong winds and hail tore through Santa Anna late Wednesday afternoon, leaving much for residents to clean up. This weather event came just one day after an intense hail storm hit the small town. While no major damage or injuries were reported, broken trees scattered the streets and yards in the storm’s aftermath, and crews are working to restore power to homes and businesses- some of which have been out for upwards of 15 hours.
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“Our power was out for about 20 mins or so. Santa Anna was down for longer. They’re just now getting it back,” said Coleman County resident Herman Watson, who lives just outside of town.
Watson told KTAB/KRBC he and his wife watched the storm blow through from their home up on the hill. The winds, by his estimation, reached at least 60 miles per hour at the height of the storm, and the was as large as three inches in diameter.
“At about 2:30 the wind blew for oh, 15-20 minutes real hard. Then it went to raining… The trees were leaning way over and the wind was just a blowing, that’s all I know,” Watson described.
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Watson’s home received about four inches of rain that flooded his driveway, and he said the wind and hail left his garden a little worse for wear.
In town, however, conditions were more intense. Some residents lost shingles, and left with yards and roads full of fallen trees and branches.
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Watson told KTAB/KRBC concern was high after seeing the damage by the tornado that blew through parts of Jones County less than a month ago, and having seen similar storms in his 70 years in the area.
“We’re always concerned about that. I saw two tornados ‘tween here and the overpass down there towards town,” added Watson.
A flash flood warning was in effect for parts of Coleman and Brown counties until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening. That time passed with no other storms forming over the area. At the time of this article’s posting, 145 Coleman County households were still without power. A majority of those outages were AEP Texas customers.
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