UPDATED Thursday @ 5:25 AM: Flash Flood Warning In Effect For Hays County
Flash Flood Warning in effect until 7:45 am for Hays County
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Hays County until 7:45 am.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
* AT 446 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN FROM SPRING BRANCH TO BUDA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AND
MAINLY IMPACT LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
SAN MARCOS…WIMBERLEY…DRIPPING SPRINGS…CANYON LAKE DAM…KYLE…
BUDA…CANYON LAKE…BULVERDE…WOODCREEK…UHLAND…NIEDERWALD…BEAR
CREEK…FISCHER…DRIFTWOOD…SPRING BRANCH…MOUNTAIN CITY…HAYS…HAYS
CITY…MOUNT GAINOR AND SATTLER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
