Llano storm history

Heavy rain caused an extensive rise in area creeks and rivers, pushing the Llano River to near 40 feet at the USGS river gauge in Llano. This is the 2nd highest ever recorded height on the river in the city of Llano. Flow peaked out about 285,000 CFS around 730 AM that morning ne…

Rainfall in Llano County began near 0300 CST and continued into the mid morning. By 6 am, accumulations were averaging 2 inches over the north part of the county and 4 inches over the south part. Total accumulations reached 4 inches over the northern part of the county and 6 inch…

Heavy rain overnight produced flash flooding that washed away the FM 2900 bridge across the Llano River in Kingsland. A body was recovered near Kingsland and it was determined that this fatality came from a flood in the city of Junction the previous week. Damage to the bridge is …

Heavy rain across Llano County and points west produced a large flash flood on the Llano River. The flash flood emptied into Lake LBJ at Kingland, causing water to back up in the lake and flood areas as early as 7 am north of Kingland. Many homes along the canals had 4-6 feet of …

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing the low water crossing on CR 312 at Honey Creek southeast of Llano.

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced 7 to 20 inches of rain over the Llano River watershed in Mason County sending a flood wave downstream into Llano County where 2-9 inches of rain fell. There was flash flooding around Castell where the Llano River overtopped the FM 2768 br…

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced 7 to 20 inches of rain over the Llano River watershed in Mason County sending a flood wave downstream into Llano County where 2-9 inches of rain fell. Flood water washed out portions of the CR 103 bridge across the river between Castell a…

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced 7 to 20 inches of rain over the Llano River watershed in Mason County sending a flood wave downstream into Llano County where 2-9 inches of rain fell. At Llano, floodwaters inundated portions of Badu Park and Robinson Park, with some park…

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced 7 to 20 inches of rain over the Llano River watershed in Mason County sending a flood wave downstream into Llano County where 2-9 inches of rain fell. The RR 3404 river crossing in Kingsland was overtopped. The most significant damage in …

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. RM 152 and RM 2323 were closed at some of the tributaries to the Llano River east and southeast of Castell.

A large portion of the eastern half of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in June. This led to drought improvement in a number of counties. Burnet, Gonzales, Karnes, Llano, and Williamson all improved from Severe (D2) drought category to Moderate (D1) drought.

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Baby Head.

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Kingsland.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 70 mph by the Kingsland mesonet station.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down five power poles near RM 1431 and RM 2545 in Kingsland.

A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail south of Llano.

A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail near Buchanan Dam.

A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail near Buchanan Dam.

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Llano.

A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail southeast of Llano.

A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Kingsland.

A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail in Buchanan Lake Village.

Most of South-Central Texas received above normal precipitation during the month. Some places had two to three times their normal. As a result, drought conditions improved in most of our counties and remained the same everywhere else. Blanco, Frio, Gillespie, Kinney, Maverick, Re…

Most of South-Central Texas had near to below normal precipitation in April, and the drought mostly was unchanged or worsened. Only Burnet, Lavaca, and Williamson Counties improved from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Severe (D2) Drought. Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, and…

A thunderstorm produced penny size hail south of Llano.

Most of South-Central Texas had another month of near to below normal precipitation, and the drought worsened or remained the same. Wilson County saw the biggest change from Severe (D2) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Frio, Gillespi…

Another dry month led to worsening drought conditions for South-Central Texas. Most of the region saw 50% or less of normal precipitation in February. Medina County went from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Frio, Maverick, Real, and Zavala cou…

Snow began to fall during the evening on the 20th. A CoCoRaHS observer near Buchanan Dam reported 0.1 of snow with only minor impacts.

Most of South-Central Texas had below normal precipitation again in January and the drought remained unchanged or worsened. Blanco and Gillespie Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought. Kerr and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) Drought c…

Light sleet fell near Buchanan Dam, but there was no accumulation.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The website ATXFloods.com reported several low water crossings were closed in north-central Llano County.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The website ATXFloods.com reported several low water crossings flooded along Slickrock Creek in Horseshoe Bay.

A strong upper-level ridge settled over Texas allowing temperatures to soar above 105 degrees on the 20th. These excessive temperatures continued on the 21st and 22nd. High temperatures reached 107 degrees at Burnet, Pleasanton, New Braunfels, and Horseshoe Bay on the 20th. On th…

A thunderstorm produced penny size hail along Hwy 261 on the west side of Lake Buchanan.

A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Llano.

A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail west of Granite Shoals.

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northeast of Enchanted Rock State Park.

A thunderstorm produced 2.25 inch diameter hail in Tow.

A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail in Horseshoe Bay.

A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from pea to half dollar size south of Oxford. Hail fell for 13 minutes.

A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Tow.

A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Horseshoe Bay.

Cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill temperatures between 10 and 0 degrees during the night of the 16th and morning of the 17th.

Cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill temperatures between 10 and 0 degrees during the night of the 15th and morning of the 16th.