By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
October 30,2015; 10:27PM,EDT
A possible tornado was reported in Floresville, Texas, outside of San Antonio on Friday morning. The local high school sustained damage and classes were canceled.
In Hays County, Texas, located near Austin, local emergency management confirmed damage to a wood-frame house, indicative of a tornado at 6:44 a.m. CDT.
Flying debris injured one person in Willacy County, Texas, near Brownsville. Emergency management reported that windows were blown out of several cars. A roof of a mobile home was also torn off, according to the NWS report.
Several structures in Floresville, Texas, sustained damage on Friday. (Twitter Photo/@wiley_coyote98)"A vigorous storm system moved into Texas Friday morning and sparked strong thunderstorms along the Interstate 35 corridor from the San Antonio area into Austin," AccuWeather Meteorologist Andy Mussoline said.
"Strong, twisting winds in the atmosphere combined with abundant moisture in the region to create thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes. In addition to the isolated tornado threat, the storms also prompted flash flooding in the area due to the abundant moisture," he said.
In addition to the potential tornadic activity, another round of flooding rain invaded the region. Hays County residents in the Wimberly area near Cypress Creek were told to evacuate Friday morning, and multiple roadways were closed due to flooding from San Antonio to Austin.
As of 10:50 a.m. Friday, 16 inches of rain was recorded in Kyle, Texas, since the start of the storm.
The Austin-American Statesman reports one person is dead and another two missing in Travis County as a result of the severe flooding.
The threat for flooding will persist into the weekend as heavy rain is expected to fall across Eastern Texas.
A declaration of disaster was declared for Bastrop County due to the severe weather, the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office said.
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A high school in Floresville, Texas, was damaged on Friday morning, Oct. 30. (Twitter Photo/@breea1997)
A possible tornado caused damage to Floresville High School outside of San Antonio, Texas, on Oct. 30. (Twitter Photo/@breea1997)
A possible tornado swept through Floresville, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 30. (Twitter Photo/@wiley_coyote98)
Severe storms hit the Floresville, area, on Oct. 30. (Twitter Photo/@wiley_coyote98)
An apartment complex parking lot was flooded in San Marcos, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 30. (Twitter Photo/Aaron M. Orozco)
In Bexar County, Texas, six people were rescued from a flooded bus on Friday morning. (Twitter Photo/Bexar County Sheriff)
Water rescues were underway in Bastrop County, Texas, Friday evening. (Photo/Bastrop County Sheriff's Office)
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