The National Weather Service has extended its flood warning for Lampasas County until 2 p.m. due to excessive rainfall. A flood watch remains active until 7 p.m.
The NWS says residents can expect impacts on all rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying flood-prone locations. Low-water crossings may be impassable, meaning travelers should turn around.
The Lampasas Police Department posted on its Facebook page at 8:35 a.m. that the Lampasas Fire Department had conducted several rescues of persons and pets and “coordinated temporary relocation.”
“Our streets department has closed numerous low-water crossings and roadways,” Lampasas PD said in a Facebook post this morning. “Due to the severe flooding, many sections of road that aren't normally closed are currently impassable. Crews will reopen them as soon as conditions allow.
High waters along Sulphur Creek through W.M. Brook Park saw half of the suspension bridge within the park covered by water and booths operated by Spring Ho vendors also impacted by flooding. Remaining Spring Ho festival events have been canceled for the remainder of today.
Sulphur Creek rushed well above its normal stage under the Fourth Street bridge, a few blocks from the fire station where numerous agencies had convened in anticipation of flooding. A Central Florida Task Force search team was among several agencies providing assistance in Lampasas.
In Kempner, the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department told social media followers on Facebook at 9:47 a.m. that water from the Lampasas River had crossed over Farm to Market Road 2313. The U.S. Geological Survey gauge along the Lampasas River near Kempner saw the river rise above 33 feet.
LCRA gauge located 11 miles west northwest of Lampasas reported 3.27 inches of rainfall in the last 12 hours as of 1:37 p.m. The gauge located two miles west northwest of Lometa showed 1.99 inches in the last 12 hours.
However, some areas saw roughly 9 inches of rain fall on already saturated ground in mere hours. The LCRA gauge 15 miles southwest of San Saba reports 9.19 inches of rain since 1:40 a.m.
