Torrential rain has led to the rapid rise of the Lampasas River, leading to a Flash Flood Emergency for San Saba County, Texas. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne has the latest from Kerrville on Sunday, July 13.
SAN SABA COUNTY, Texas – Another dangerous situation is unfolding in parts of Texas on Sunday morning as torrential rain led to a Flash Flood Emergency in San Saba County.
The FOX Forecast Center said the Lampasas River at Adamsville, Texas, rose almost 14 feet in two hours, which is about 25 miles from the Flash Flood Emergency in San Saba County.
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And in Kerr County, which was hit hard by historic and deadly flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, officials sent out a Code RED alert, warning residents in the area of the potentially dangerous conditions into Sunday morning.
The sheriff’s office warned that excessive rainfall could lead to additional flooding across the southern Edwards Plateau and Hill Country.
In addition, rapid river rises are possible across the Rio Grande, southern Edward Plateau and Hill County.
“If you are near water and it starts raining, get to higher ground,” officials said in the Coade RED alert.
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