National Weather Service FLOOD ADVISORY
538 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
BURNET TX-COMAL TX-TRAVIS TX-BLANCO TX-HAYS TX-
538 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN BLANCO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 532 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGED INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE INTENSIFYING
OVER HAYS AND SOUTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTIES. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES
OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS OVER AN AREA THAT
HAS GENERALLY RECEIVED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 72
HOURS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FLOODING OF ADDITIONAL LOW
WATER CROSSINGS IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...NEW BRAUNFELS...CEDAR PARK...SAN MARCOS...WIMBERLEY...
DRIPPING SPRINGS...BLANCO...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...CANYON LAKE DAM...
SCHERTZ...KYLE...LEANDER...LAKEWAY...BUDA...LAGO VISTA...SELMA...
CANYON LAKE...BULVERDE...BEE CAVE AND GARDEN RIDGE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR IS EXPECTED OVER
THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN
WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED...OR
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
