SAN SABA COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) A rogue super cell thunderstorm Friday night hit parts of western San Saba County especially hard.
A tornado warning was issued for the storm around 8 p.m. and Marsha Hardy with San Saba County Emergency Management said search crews went door-to-door checking on people in the small town of Richland Springs.
As of 11 p.m. Friday, all injuries were “mild” but the entire town was without power, Hardy said.
First light Saturday showed the extent of the damage, the town had no power or water after the pump in the only water tower failed and the storage tank drained.
With no estimate on when repairs could be complete and temperatures over the holiday weekend flirting with 100 degrees, a member of the volunteer fire department asked people to donated bottled water.
Hardy said Game Wardens from neighboring communities had come to help on Friday night.
Hardy said she has gotten reports of uprooted trees, multiple broken windows, downed power lines and possibly a structure fire, but crews were unable to locate it.
There was also damage reported to the Richland Springs High School Ag Barn.
The will reportedly being looking at an area stretching form Richland Springs south to Pontotoc.
KWTX Meteorologist Brady Taylor went to the town Saturday morning and said while damage to the town was extensive, it appeared it was caused by straight line winds and large hail.