Month: August 2017

These are updates with time stamps from Austin County Officials as well as from the Municipalities of Austin County.  We will update this page as updates are made available to us.

Brazos River, San Bernard River and Mill Creek residents living along low areas along these water ways need to evacuate to higher areas. The Brazos is predicted to crest at 128.3 feet by Monday at 11PM. That is six feet higher than the flood of 2016. Mill Creek is predicted to crest at 21 feet Monday at 11PM. The San Bernard is predicted to reach record flood levels. Flood levels in all three water ways will remain until Friday.

There have been several road closures due to Hurricane Harvey. We will continue to update this page with that information as becomes available to us.

The City of Sealy was granted an order by the 155th District Court Judge for Austin County to reschedule the City of Sealy Special Election that was supposed to take place August 26, 2017 due to Hurricane Harvey.