Williamson County Judge Steven Snell and Bruce Clements, director of emergency management, held a press conference Tuesday, April 21, to inform the community about the flooding due to the heavy rainfall.
Parts of the county officially received two to five inches of rain in a matter of hours, with the western section of Williamson County noting around seven inches. Forty-four roads are currently closed throughout the county. Twenty people and 17 recreational vehicles from the Shady River and Goodwater RV parks along Texas 29 were evacuated earlier Tuesday.
At 7:40 a.m., Clements said one of the reference points in San Gabriel River that the county monitors were at seven feet, but the river has currently reached more than 13 feet.
“Swift water rescue teams are launched when (that number) hits above 16 feet,” Clements said.
Snell noted that the swift water rescue team has been on standby today but has not been needed. The county will continue to monitor the San Gabriel River throughout the evening.
“Williamson County has been very fortunate that we haven’t had the highly concentrated areas with property and people impacted as they were (in the flooding) last July,” Clements said.
Snell encouraged county residents to monitor road closures and flood conditions at atxfloods.com and to sign up for warncentraltexas.org to stay up to date with emergency situations.
