A storm system seen in Eastern and central United States on satellite imagery taken January 25, 2012.
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters)-tornadoes hit Austin, Texas, and thunderstorms hit the San Antonio, Dallas and Houston on Wednesday, bringing dry the Lone Star State drenching rain and wind damage that knocked out power, flooded the streets and on emergency workers busy rescuing the stranded drivers in high water.
A Tornado touched down in the early Wednesday in Northeast Austin, ripped across the u.s. 290 and became subdivisions, damaging a House along the road called Happy Trail, according to the National Weather Service.
Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico springlike dropped rainfall is greatest – 6-8 inch-in Eastern Austin and San Antonio and extending South to Houston, she added.
“It’s very unusual for this time of year,” said dir. Meteorologist Mark Wiley. “It was so much rain in a short period of time. In so many areas, the soil is still pretty dry, but it’s just so fast that it had no place to go, especially in urban areas. “