Sunday storms brought buckets of rainfall to the Brazos Valley
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Training clusters of strong to severe storms pounded the Brazos Valley with rainfall. Repeated storms quickly led to flash flooding through the overnight, with water slow to recede in many areas Monday morning. This flooding prompted school delays in both North Zulch and Iola ISD, and Madisonville ISD to close for the day on Monday. In addition to school closures, there were many road closures due to high water and flooding. A full list of road closures can be found here.
This is likely the biggest issue of the night (and potentially next week) for B/CS. Big time heavy rain falling and continues to fall. https://t.co/19AzEVbCvc
— Max Crawford 👍 (@KBTXMax) April 29, 2024
Here’s a look at how the rain gauges across the area faired by Monday morning:
College Station (Easterwood): 5.43″Bryan: 4.02″Caldwell: 0.10″Anderson: 4.03″Giddings: 0.02″Cameron: 0.55″Bellville: 0.27″Brenham: 0.70″Hempstead: 0.28″Navasota: 0.89″Hearne: 0.89″Crockett: 2.57″Trinity: 10.92″Huntsville: 6.77″Coldspring: 6.88″Conroe: 2.16″Madisonville: 2.64″Flynn: 1.35″Wellborn: 0.90″Allen Forest: 3.80″Todd Mission: ″Park Meadow (off of Copperfield): 7.25″Graham (Wellborn): 4.00″Steep Hollow: 6.25″Greenbrier on Chantilly Path: 4.80″Southwood Valley: 4.77″The Oaks at Johnson Elementary: 5.55″Cross (N. Grimes County): 10.90″Carter’s Crossing (SE College Station): 6.50″South Bryan: 5.20″Rockdale: 1.74″South Bryan: 4.42″Wm. J Bryan and Villa Maria: 5.00″
10.90” in Cross TX, North Grimes County. All this rain in under 8 hours. pic.twitter.com/Pj4OUnAnXW
— Ray Morwood (@MorwoodRay) April 29, 2024
On average, Bryan-College Station accumulates around 2.87″ of rain for the entire month of April, so far this month at Easterwood Airport we have collected over 10″. As of now, this is the THIRD WETTEST April in our 142 years of record keeping. We have some spotty rain chances as we close out the month and even more, as May begins on Wednesday.
