KIMBLE COUNTY, Texas — As heavy rainfall continued Tuesday morning in the Hill Country, flash flooding of low-lying areas in Kimble County.
At around 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Kimble County Sheriff’s’ Office said Johnson Fork Creek was flooding is way out of its banks to a level of 29.27 feet on the Lower Colorado River Authority gauge. A house on Farm-to-Market Road 2169 near Segovia was under water with the KCSO saying it believed Johnson Fork Creek was still rising at the time and asking residents to move to higher ground in the area.
The Junction Police Department says Flatrock is closed because of high water.
The National Weather Service in San Angelo issued a flood warning for the Llano River area, including Junction and Mason, until just after midnight Wednesday, and reminds drivers to avoid roads covered by water.