SUNDAY UPDATE: Flash Flood, Hazardous Weather Watch In Effect For South Central Texas
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:
FLOOD WATCH AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF:
WILLIAMSON – KENDALL – BLANCO – HAYS – TRAVIS – BASTROP – LEE – MEDINA – BEXAR – COMAL – GUADALUPE – CALDWELL – FAYETTE – ZAVALA – FRIO – ATASCOSA – WILSON – KARNES – GONZALES – DE WITT – LAVACA – DIMMIT.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF:
GEORGETOWN – BOERNE – BLANCO – SAN MARCOS – AUSTIN – BASTROP – GIDDINGS – HONDO – SAN ANTONIO – NEW BRAUNFELS – SEGUIN – LOCKHART – LA GRANGE – CRYSTAL CITY – PEARSALL – PLEASANTON – FLORESVILLE – KARNES CITY – GONZALES – CUERO – HALLETSVILLE – CARRIZO SPRINGS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
ATASCOSA – BASTROP – BEXAR – BLANCO – CALDWELL – COMAL – DEWITT – DIMMIT – FAYETTE – FRIO – GONZALES – GUADALUPE – HAYS – KARNES – KENDALL – LAVACA – LEE – MEDINA – TRAVIS – WILLIAMSON – WILSON – ZAVALA.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS
LEADING TO AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS RAIN ON
TOP OF WET SOILS WILL LEAD TO A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
* SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING AND RESULT
IN FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS A ROAD
COVERED IN WATER. TURN AROUND…DON`T DROWN.
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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
HOURS FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. THE COVERAGE
OF ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS BUT SMALLER
POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT FOR AREAS EAST OF AN ASHERTON
TO BOERNE TO GEORGETOWN LINE. RAINFALL TONIGHT SHOULD BE CONFINED
CLOSER TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY
BUT OVERALL…THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE DECREASED. ANY
ISOLATED STORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE…MAINLY FOR THE EASTERN
COUNTIES THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
