Storms play havoc with HS football

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin Energy crews have restored power to all of the 15,600 customers who lost power because of Friday night's storm. A handful of football games have been rescheduled, but most games simply had a delayed start time.

Spokesman Ed Clark said power has been restored along several circuits that tripped early during the storm. Current outages are centered on four circuits. Areas most affected are in Central, North Central and Northwest Austin. Austin has 12 repair crews responding, as well as contract tree trimming crews, Clark said.

The Lake Travis-Westlake kicked off around 8:30 p.m. The McCallum-Austin game started around 8:15 p.m. out at House Park.  The game between Abilene Wylie and Liberty Hill is now postponed. The Burnet match-up against Hendrickson's has been canceled. The Marble Falls-Crockett game is delayed until 11 a.m. on Saturday morning.

For football updates as they happen, go to our Twitter football feed.

One band of showers passed over Austin, heading south, dumping about an inch of rain on North Austin. Strong thunderstorms are moving over Burnet and Williamson counties. Weathercaster Natalie Stoll said a second band of showers is forming north of San Marcos, heading north towards Austin. No hail appears associated with these storms, although one Tweeter said Llano had pea-sized hail.

The rain comes as the area deals with a historic drought and record-hot summer - although the storms are not likely to do more on that front than water a few lawns that have been neglected under tightened watering restrictions.

"Lamar has turned in to a lake," one Austinite reported on Twitter. "I would not suggest using it to head downtown ATX right now."

The storms developed over the Hill Country and spread east to Austinsouthern Williamson, Burnet and northern Llano counties this evening. Scattered storms will continue this evening but will diminish as the sun goes down.

Frequent lightning, heavy rain and gusty winds are possible in the stronger storms. Some areas could see up to an inch of rain, while others are reporting more than two inches - including some areas in Northeast Austin.

So far, here are some of the strongest wind gusts recorded as of 7:15 p.m.

• 54 mph at Redeemer Lutheran in Austin
• 45 mph at Lyndon B Johnson MS in Johnson City
• 42 mph at AFD Dispatch in Austin
• 36 mph at Camp Mabry
   

Leftover outflow boundaries in the area will be the focus for more showers and storms Saturday and Sunday.

As always, send us your pics and video. We'll keep you updated.