Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Twin Buttes to Get Runoff


The National Weather Service issued a Flood Advisory until 6:00 am.  It included the following:

AT 253 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS ROADWAYS... LOW WATER CROSSING AND LOW LYING AREAS. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SAN ANGELO... CHRISTOVAL... WALL... KNICKERBOCKER... TANKERSLEY... VERIBEST... GRAPE CREEK... US-67 NEAR THE IRION- TOM GREEN COUNTY LINE AND HARRIET. 
The South Concho runs through Christoval.  The Equalization Channel will flow harder with any runoff.  The North Pool is fed by flooding at US-67 near the Irion-Tom Green County line.

From my look at the radar there is potential for training from the line of thunderstorms.  It could be a real runoff event, but we'll take anything the Lord provides.