Breaking: A flash flood watch has been issued for Hays County

August 14, 2016

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A flash flood watch has been issued for Hays County and much of South Central Texas. The watch will be in effect until 1 p.m. Monday.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…ATASCOSA…BANDERA…BASTROP…
BEXAR…BLANCO…BURNET…CALDWELL…COMAL…DE WITT…
DIMMIT…EDWARDS…FAYETTE…FRIO…GILLESPIE…GONZALES…
GUADALUPE…HAYS…KARNES…KENDALL…KERR…KINNEY…LAVACA…
LEE…LLANO…MAVERICK…MEDINA…REAL…TRAVIS…UVALDE…
VAL VERDE…WILLIAMSON…WILSON AND ZAVALA.

* FROM 1 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 6
INCHES. SOILS ARE BECOMING MORE SATURATED AND WILL LEAD TO A
MORE RAPID RUNOFF.

* SOME SMALL STREAMS COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.