Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Update #4 (Last Update)
Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
230pm CT – Wednesday / 28 March 2018
.. Rain Chances Decrease Into Tonight As Upper Level Low Completes Its Move Across Texas ..
.. NWS Austin-San Antonio Issued Flash Flood Watch Continues Until 7pm …
At mid afternoon.. the complex of rain showers and thunderstorms.. that moved through our
area in the late morning into midday time period.. has now moved east of the area and extends
from northeast Texas and the ArkLaTex southwestward to west of Victoria and the middle Texas
coastal plains. It continues to move eastward.
We still need to be watching for some additional rain shower and even isolated thunderstorm development
since we still have about 12 hours until the upper level trough actually crosses overhead and moves east of the area.
However, being in the rain cooled more stable surface air, I feel like the severe thunderstorm risk as well
as the heavier rain risk has ended locally. As a result, this will be my last statement on this weather event.
At our first order climate and airport weather stations in the IH35 corridor areas since midnight…
Austin Bergstrom International Airport…. 5.83″ (breaks previous daily rainfall record of 1.86″ on this date back in 2006)
Austin City / Camp Mabry ANG… 3.20″ (record for today is 3.26″ back on this date in 2006 – not broken at this point)
Austin Executive Airport / East of Toll Road in Pflugerville… 3.66″
Georgetown Municipal Airport…. 2.23″
San Marcos Regional Airport…. 3.40″
Lago Vista Rusty Allen Airport…. 1.61″
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