Overview

• On July 13, Texas Game Wardens reached a couple whose car had been carried nearly a mile downstream through a culvert beneath railroad tracks in Lampasas County.
• Rescuers found the man clinging to a tree about 15 feet above the water and the woman anchored to another tree 50 to 100 yards downstream.
• Heavy rains drove the Lampasas River from its normal 10-foot level up to 33 feet, sweeping away a Boy Scout ferry system and leaving Hancock Park in unrecognizable condition.
• The Kempner Volunteer Fire Department closed several low-water crossings and issued evacuation orders for elderly residents at an apartment complex and occupants of two RV parks.
• Search and recovery operations persist across Lampasas, San Saba and neighboring counties as heavy rainfall keeps rivers at dangerous levels.