Though winds did not pose much of a problem, emergency officials in both southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana reported street and highway flooding. Rain moved from Texas into western and southern Louisiana Wednesday. The storm, which formed quickly in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, moved across Galveston, TX with 60-mph winds. It also spawned tornadoes that caused scattered damage. In the town of Manvel, TX, a tornado touched down, uprooting trees and damaging at least one home.
Flash flooding poses the biggest hazard as it runs off.
It's dangerous to drivers. The first Gulf storm of the season makes everyone go on high alert, said Terry Thompson, operations manager for the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness. We always get antsy and anxious about it. Local parishes in Louisiana placed sandbags at central locations in case residents needed them, he said. But Thompson added that he thinks the coastline weathered Allison fairly well because local emergency management officials and residents alike were prepared.