Severe thunderstorms struck Brown County Tuesday evening leaving behind very heavy rain, street flooding, wind damage and numerous power outages. As of 9:00 pm at least a dozen outages were being reported in and around Brownwood and Early, according to the Oncor outage map (shown in photo).
At 8:16 pm, the San Angelo National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for Central Brown County as strong rotation was indicated in a thunderstorm over the community of Early. The storm moved eastward along Highway 67 toward Blanket. The tornado warning was then cancelled at 8:42 pm.
At 8:54 pm a Flood Advisory was issued for central Brown County. The Flood Advisory is below.
More thunderstorms, possibly severe with heavy rain, are in the forecast for Wednesday.
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT. * AT 854 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REPEATEDLY MOVING EAST ACROSS PARTS OF BROWN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 730 PM, AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1045 PM. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. RAPID WATER RISES ON SOME SMALL STREAMS COULD ALSO OCCUR, AND STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN BROWNWOOD. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BROWNWOOD, EARLY, BLANKET, LAKE BROWNWOOD STATE PARK, BYRDS, LAKE BROWNWOOD, LAKE BROWNWOOD NEAR THRIFTY, MAY, GROSVENOR, OWENS AND THRIFTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... GIFFORD AT BEAVER, CORDELL AT ANDERSON, CC WOODSON NEAR TRACTOR SUPPLY, BELLE PLAIN AT ROMINES, MAIN STREET AT ADAM BRANCH, BROWNWOOD PLACE AND HOUSTON, FM 1467 CROSSING BLANKET CREEK, FM 2273 CROSSING ROUGH BRANCH, BELLE PLAIN AT NORTH BELLE PLAIN AND ROMINES AT BAKER.