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City of Ballinger, Texas Emergency Alert System
Thursday September 1st, 2022 :: 08:57 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Flood Advisory until 12:00PM

* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of west central Texas, including the following counties, Callahan, Coleman, Runnels and Taylor.

* WHEN...Until noon CDT.

* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 853 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The Coleman airport reported near 0.80 inches of rain in the last 20 minutes. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Coleman, Winters, Santa Anna, Lawn, Novice, Silver Valley, Glen Cove, Valera, Oplin, Talpa, Crews, Rowden, Bradshaw, Hords Creek Reservoir, Lake Coleman, Goldsboro, Us-283 Near The Coleman-Callahan County Line, Echo, Fisk and Lake Winters Lake. - This includes the following Low Water Crossings... FM-RD 136 crossing Hords Creek, FM 1176 crossing Sweetie Creek, FM 1086 crossing Red Lake Creek, County Road 482 crossing Jim Ned Creek, County Road 485 crossing Indian Creek, County Road 406 crossing Home Creek, County Road 172 crossing Little Pecan Bayou, County Road 300 crossing Home Creek, Liveoak crossing Hords Creek and County Road 482 crossing South Fork Jim Ned Creek. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* AFFECTED AREAS: CALLAHAN, TX ... COLEMAN, TX ... RUNNELS, TX ... TAYLOR, TX

Instructions:

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Address/Location
City of Ballinger, Texas Emergency Alert System
700 Railroad Ave
Ballinger, TX 76821

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 325-365-3511

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Advisory

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