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Listing of affected areas throughout Central Texas

Updated: Thursday, 26 Jan 2012, 7:58 AM CST
Published : Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012, 4:10 AM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Here is a listing of road closures and power outages in central Texas due to weather in our area.

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Emergency Road Closures

Bastrop

Bastrop OEM: Call for water rescue at 394 South Pope Bend. Water over the roadways in many areas. Flooding in Elm Creek, Stony Point and other subdivisions in Western Bastrop County.
Akaloa Drive and Kaanapali Lane in Bastrop
Tahitian Drive between Mamalu and Alele drives
Shiloh Road at North Gaines
FM 535 all the way to the Travis County line
Old McDade Road west of FM 696

Elgin area

Arbuckle Road
Sayers Road
Beaver Road
Upper Elgin River Road
400 blk of Balch Road

Cedar Creek

S Pope Bend Road
SH 71 @ 21W
Watts Lane @ 21 W
FM 812 between Watts Lane & SH 21W
McDonald Lane

Paige area

Cedar Road

Bastrop area

Bastrop State Park

Caldwell

Lockhart EMS personnel: Five water rescues currently underway in Caldwell County, 2 in the Maxwell area and 3 in Northern Caldwell County.

Hays County

The following roads in Kyle are closed due to flooding caused by this morning's heavy rains. Please remember to avoid low water crossings and never drive around barricades. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN!

Burleson Road is completely closed.
Both low water crossings on Lehman Road are closed.
The east side I35 Frontage is closed at the Saddle Creek Apartments.
Dacy Lane is closed between Beebe and Kyle Parkway
The west frontage road at Burleson may need to be closed as water is approaching that area.

Other roads may need to be closed as more rain is expected through Wednesday morning.

Please remember to monitor the weather and take appropriate precautions as needed.

Most San Marcos roads are open to traffic following some street flooding. At 11 a.m. the only two roads that are still closed are the Uhland Road crossing at the Blanco River and River Road at the railroad trestle. An expected rise on the Blanco River will keep the Uhland Road crossing closed until later Wednesday afternoon.

Travis County

Barton Springs Pool closed due to flooding
Flooding at William Cannon at Westgate Blvd.
Signals out at 290 and E. Springdale.
Sheet metal building collapses at Springdale on Commercial Dr. Streets remain closed nearby,
William Cannon closed between Westgate and Brodie.
Emergency Manager reports: 2 to 3 feet of water over the 3000 block of William Cannon Road in South Austin.
Westbound Loyola shut down just east of Johnny Morris Road at Sendero Hills Parkway

Car reportedly completely submerged on State Highway 71 west off the road. People rescued by passer-by. Also have a new 911 call at 181 Caldwell Road with people trapped in home with severe flooding.

Water over the road at 10th and Lamar in Downtown Austin. KXAN's Natalie Stoll said we've received reports that AFD is rescuing a stranded vehicle.

Reports of a water rescue at 12th and Chicon.

Reports of a mother and child inside a flooded home, Mustang Ridge off Islers Road.

Reports of wind damage near Springdale.

School closures and delays

Bastrop County

Bastrop ISD is closed.
Elgin ISD is on two-hour delay.
McDade ISD as a two-hour delay.

Caldwell County

Lockhart ISD closed Wednesday due to heavy rain and power outages.
Prairie Lea ISD running two hours late. Buses running at 9 a.m.

Hays County

San Marcos CISD will start at 10 a.m. Buses will run two hours late.
The Masters School in San Marcos will be on a two-hour delay.

Lee County

Lexington ISD will operate on a one-hour delay
Giddings ISD has a two-hour delay

Travis/Williamson County

Manor ISD has a one-hour delay.
Pflugerville ISD will not have a delay. However, they had damage to their bus area. There will be no bus service Wednesday for high school or middle schools. Elementary school buses will run on a two-hour delay due to damage at the bus barn. They will notify us when those buses start to run. They are encouraging parents to drop students off at school for normal start time. Meanwhile, all schools have power.

Power outages

Austin Energy Storm Center

Bastrop County

Crews from Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative continue working to repair damage caused by Wednesday’s severe storms. At 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Bluebonnet reported 18 outages affecting 180 members, primarily in the Washington County area where the strongest storms caused the most damage.

Williamson County

KXAN viewers are reporting power outages in Pflugerville and Round Rock.

Travis County

KXAN News viewers are reporting outages at Crossing at Onion Creek East Slaughter, where roads are also flooding.

Austin Energy update as of 11 a.m.

Just restored power to the Congress Avenue corridor, so the number of outages is down to 400 customers.

Austin Energy

update as of 10:30 a.m.

About 900 AE customers remain without power from the overnight storm. The largest outage involves about 500 customers in the Congress Avenue/Annie Street area. That outage was caused by tree limbs on power lines that is requiring a good bit of tree trimming before repairs can be made. More than 35 Austin Energy repair crews are working to restore power to all customers. Repairs are needed at about 43 locations. One very intense part of the storm damaged homes, uprooted trees and downed power lines in the Springdale/Ferguson street area. In that location several poles must be replaced and lines and equipment reset.

Customers should report all outages by calling 322-9100.

Austin Energy update as of 7 a.m.

Approximately 2000 Austin Energy customers are without power with repairs needed at about 80 locations. AE Field Forces are fully deployed in outage restoration efforts. Completing all repairs – with some outage calls still coming in -- could take into the afternoon. Customers should report power outages by calling 322-9100.

Austin Energy update as of 6:15 a.m.

About 2,800 Austin Energy customers are without power at this hour as additional calls are coming in from customers who awaken to find their power is off. These are smaller outages but in a large number of locations. Austin Energy estimates repairs are needed at between 70-80 locations. The challenge is getting crews to all locations as quickly as possible in rush hour traffic.

Customers can help speed up the outage response effort in this way: all customers who have an outage—should call in their outage. This helps the Outage Management System better pinpoint the piece of equipment that may be responsible for a particular outage. For instance, a transformer (grey box at the top of a power pole) generally serves between 6-12 homes. If a transformer trips off line and most or all of the homes affected call in the outage, the Outage Management System will point to the transformer because the system is looking for a common piece of equipment or section of power line serving the affected customers. This allows Austin Energy repair crews to go straight to the problem and make the repair. If only a few customers call in an outage – that broadens the range of equipment that must be checked.

All power outages should be reported by calling 322-9100.

Austin Energy Update 5:30 am

About 2,800 Austin Energy customers are without power at this hour with outages scattered throughout the service area. A large number of those outages affect a small number of customers at each location with repairs needed at an estimated 75 locations. Two larger outages affect about 400 customers in the FM 620/Lake Creek Parkway area and about 400 customers in the South Congress/ Riverside Drive area. A large number of outages were caused by lightning strikes that damaged fuses which protect power lines, transformers and other equipment. Austin Energy has 15 repair crews in service and will double that number by sunrise. All power outages should be reported by calling 322-9100.

Austin Energy Update 4:45 am

About 5,000 Austin Energy customers are without power from the storm activity and heavy lightning. Outages are scattered though there are a few more concentrated in the central and north parts of the Austin area . The largest outage affects about 1,700 customers in the FM 973/Hunters Bend area. There are a small number of poles and lines down in the Highway 290 area. Some 50 circuits have operated during the storm – some multiple times -- primarily due to lightning. This means they tripped off line but were able to be re-set. The number of outage reports is expected to increase as customers awaken. Lightning can blow fuses that protect power lines and equipment. Austin Energy has a dozen crews in service with additional crews coming in. All power outages should be reported by calling 322-9100.

KXAN viewers are reporting power outages in Weberville.

KXAN viewers are reporting power outages on Riverside.

KXAN viewers are reporting power outages in Pflugerville near Wells Branch and Dessau areas. KXAN viewer Luce Garcia from Pflugerville says water has flooded her garage and is coming up to her front door.

For more on the weather situation, tune into KXAN for updates from the KXAN Weather Team and follow us right here on KXAN.com!

Power outages and school, road closures

Listing of affected areas throughout Central Texas

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