(April 27, 2009)—Thunderstorms are possible overnight across Central Texas and some could produce heavy rain, small hail and gusty winds, but the threat of severe weather probably won’t be as great as it was when storms hammered parts of the region early Monday.

Rain remains a possibility throughout the week, although after Tuesday the probability of precipitation will drop to around 20 percent each day.

The storms that rolled through early Monday morning produced flooding rains, damaging winds and at least two confirmed tornadoes.

High winds damaged the American Plant Food Corp. plant in Bartlett Monday, ripping panels off the building and downing trees.

A helicopter was used Monday to rescue two men who were stranded by rising water from runoff near the Iron Bridge over the Lampasas River on CR 2925 in Lampasas County after driving across a creek that had formed because of the runoff.

An Adamsville volunteer firefighter spotted the two and realized the rising water from the runoff had stranded them.

He called the Lampasas Fire Department to request a swift water rescue.

A helicopter was dispatched from Austin to rescue the two.

No one was injured.

A tornado in Corsicana collapsed part of the roof of a school building, forcing a teacher to dive beneath a table to escape falling debris.

ling debris.

National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Harris in Fort Worth
confirmed the storm Monday was a tornado.

Ten structures in Corsicana, including the Robert E. Lee Center, also known as the Lee Academy, were damaged.

The facility is an alternative education center and the students were sent home.

High winds from the tornado also damaged numerous trees in the area.

Rob Ludwig, the public information officer for the Corsicana school district, said the teacher was unharmed and no students were in the room.

A second storm that produced a possible tornado moved across Kaufmann County, but there were no initial reports of building damage.

National Weather Service experts also confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down Monday in Williamson County.

The 50-yard-wide twister developed about three miles west-southwest of Joan, moved to the northeast for about two miles, and dissipated about a mile west of Johan along Highway 29.

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth reported that U.S. 84 was closed in the Evant area along the Hamilton-Coryell county line for about 90 minutes Monday morning and that four families had to be evacuated until the water receded.

All were taken to the Evant fire station.

Heavy rainfall flooded other roads in Hamilton County near Evant and several streets and intersections were closed in Evant because of high water.

There was a report of a school bus that was stranded along U.S. 281, about a half mile north of Evant in Hamilton County.

U.S. 84 and U.S. 281 were both closed because of high water early Monday.

The Coryell County Sheriff’s Office reported water over the roadway along U.S. 84, west of Evant.

At least one foot of water had accumulated under the overpass at U.S. 84 and U.S. 281 in Evant early Monday morning, but has since receded.

There was also a report of a large truck stalled in high water on U.S. 281 about 2 miles north of Evant.

Authorities were also watching the Cowhouse Creek in Coryell County where they believe the creek will rise rapidly from the heavy rainfall in Hamilton County.

There was a report of a three-vehicle collision, possibly connected to the weather, on northbound Interstate 35 near the Forrest Street exit in Waco.

A caller reported small rotations in the clouds and pea-sized hail in Moffat around 8:50 a.m.

One viewer reported a roof was blown off a barn in the Gholson area between 7:15 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Monday morning.

Dime-sized hail and cloud rotation was reported near a school in rural Lampasas County about seven miles northeast of Lampasas between Lampasas and Lometa.

Heavy rainfall was reported in Bosque County.