Downstream crests in La Grange and Columbus were also from 2 to 5 feet above May 2015, and a Tuesday crest in Wharton may flood homes in the city's west side, the fourth highest crest on record. The Colorado River topped out slightly above crests from last May and November near Smithville, inundating some area homes. The Brazos River near Hempstead reached its second highest level, topped only by a crest in December 1913. The wettest day at that particular site was just about seven months prior, when a deluge of 12.49 inches on October 30 prompted the airport tower to close.ĭavidson Creek near Lyons (southwest of College Station) topped its previous record level from October 1994. Austin-Bergstrom Airport picked up 8.79 inches on May 26, the second wettest calendar-day rain at that site dating to 1942. Numerous roads were flooded, with several washouts and even one bridge damaged by flooding in the county. 16.62 inches of that rain fell on May 26th, shattering the calendar day rainfall record for any day of the year by over 6 inches.Ī cooperative CoCoRaHS observer just east of the city measured 20.5 inches, having to empty his gauge once to avoid overflow, according to the NWS.Įmergency crews in Bastrop County, Texas, were "overwhelmed with water rescues and other emergency calls" overnight Thursday night, according to a NWS civil emergency message. That set a new 24-hour rainfall record for the location. Over 19 inches of rain hammered the official reporting station in Brenham, Texas. Over 22 inches of rain was recorded at the Brenham Water Treatment Center in Brenham, Texas about 65 miles west-northwest of downtown Houston, during the heaviest rain event, May 26-27, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). (More: Over a Dozen Floods Have Hit Texas Since Spring 2015) Over a span of just over a week's time, multiple heavy rain events sent rivers bursting their banks in parts of Texas in what was only the latest in a siege of flood events since spring 2015.
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