Weather Alert: Flood Warning For Central Texas

Weather Updated: Jul 27 6:48AM

Issued by the National Weather Service      * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * AT 646 AM CDT…

US FLOOD WARNING FROM 6:48AM CDT WED UNTIL 8:45AM CDT WED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A  FLOOD WARNING FOR…

• WEST CENTRAL BASTROP COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
• NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
• SOUTH CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
• EAST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES…AND WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVE NORTH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

• AUSTIN
• AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP
• TANGLEWOOD FOREST
• KYLE
• BUDA
• WEST LAKE HILLS
• ROLLINGWOOD
• UHLAND
• MUSTANG RIDGE NIEDERWALD
• BEAR CREEK
• SHADY HOLLOW
• ONION CREEK
• SUNSET VALLEY
• MOUNTAIN CITY
• SAN LEANNA
• HAYS
• CREEDMOOR
• DEL VALLE 
• MAHA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.