CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Flooding caused travel problems on a few busy Corpus Christi roads on Sunday, leaving some drivers stranded while others chose to drive through floodwaters.
Below was our live blog from coverage throughout Sunday. Now that the rain event for Sunday is mostly over, we are retiring the live blog.
5:21 p.m.
Well that was fast! The lights are back on in most of Beeville. AEP Texas beat its estimated restoration time by more than an hour. At its peak, more than 1,500 people were without power Sunday.
AEP Texas had restored power to all but 41 people in Beeville as of 5:16 p.m.
Across the 3NEWS viewing area, there are just 35 outages remaining and only 395 people impacted.
5:12 p.m.
Oso Creek is swelling with water after Sunday's rains. Meteorologist Carly Smith took this video near Staples Street.
5:01 p.m.
About 10% of Beeville is without power as of 5 p.m., according to AEP Texas. AEP Texas reports that four outages in Beeville have knocked out the power to 1,579 people. The largest of those outages is just south of Veterans Park. Right now AEP expects it could take another hour and a half to restore power.
In the entire 3NEWS viewing area, AEP Texas is reporting 35 outages impacting 1,932 people. Here is a look at outages in other cities:
- Corpus Christi - 13 outages and 128 people without power
- Portland - 7 outages and 104 people without power
- Port Aransas - 5 outages and 61 people without power
4:44 p.m.
Meteorologist Carly Smith has a look at how the rain and flood waters impacted Schanen Park.
4:37 p.m.
A tornado warning for Duval County was allowed to expire at 4:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
Most of the streets that were flooded earlier Sunday have started to clear. 3NEWS photographer Maitland Rutledge confirms that the following four locations are now free of floodwaters and safe to drive on:
- Airline at McArdle and SPID
- Everhart at SPID
- Everhart at McArdle.
- Rodd Field at Lakeview
3:15 p.m.
CCPD has released a list of roadways it says are experiencing flooding:
- Streets on the west end of North Beach
- Buford at Santa Fe
- Park at Tancahua
- 600 block of IH 37 SB
- Antelope at Culberson
- SPID at Everhart
- SPID at Airline
- Area of Ennis Joslin from Holly to Wooldridge
- Airline at McArdle
- Staples at Everhart
- Rodd Field at Lakeview
- Everhart at McArdle
- Oso Creek is currently 10 feet below the bridge
Our crews saw multiple cars stall in traffic on Rodd Field Road just south of SPID.
3:10 p.m.
AEP Texas reports that as of 3 p.m. on Sunday, there were 932 people without power in the 3NEWS viewing area. Here is a look at some of the largest number of outages:
- Duval County - 1 outage and 386 without power
- Nueces County - 14 outages and 257 without power
- San Patricio County - 15 outages and 208 without power
2:56 p.m.
Rodd Field Road just south of SPID had more than a foot of water on the road, making travel difficult. At least one person got stuck and had to push their car out of the floodwaters.
2:32 p.m.
2:27 p.m.
Crews have reopened the exit and ramp they had previously closed due to flooding. All roads in that area are back open.
2:19 p.m.
2:14 p.m.
The National Weather Service has extended the Flash Flood Warning for Nueces County until 4:15 p.m. It was supposed to expire at 2:15 p.m.
2:10 p.m.
3NEWS reporter Brandon Schaff reports that Airline Road between SPID and McArdle Road is nearly impassable, although that did not spot some cars from trying.
2 p.m.
3NEWS viewer on Facebook says that Holly Road at N. Oso Parkway is flooded.
1:43 p.m.
Port Avenue and the Nueces Bay Boulevard exit to Martin Luther King Drive and the Northwest Loop Ramp connecting to southbound SH 286 are closed due to flooding, according to a spokesperson for the Harbor Bridge Project.
Please drive carefully. Crews are on site removing debris and helping direct traffic.
1 p.m.
The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for Nueces County on Sunday until 2:15 p.m.
12:53 p.m.
A lot of area streets are taking on water. 3NEWS photojournalist Maitland Rutledge took a photo of what looks like a foot of water at Everhart Road and McArdle Road.
