Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Update #5
Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
715am CT – Wednesday / 08 May 2019
… NWS / Austin San Antonio Issues Flash Flood Watch for Hill Country
and Austin Metro Area 10am to 7pm Today …
… NWS / Storm Prediction Center Issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Until 1pm Today for IH35 Corridor Counties …
Flood Watch National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 954 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019 ...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND AUSTIN METRO AREA... .A dryline is forecast to push across the Rio Grande Plains and Edwards Plateau area on Wednesday. Ahead of this feature, a line of storms is forecast to develop and produce locally heavy rain as it moves to the east across the northern portions of the Hill Country and Austin metro area. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with isolated amounts near 3 inches. Localized flash flooding is anticipated over saturated areas due to recent heavy rains. TXZ171>173-188-190>192-081100- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.A.0004.190508T1500Z-190509T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Gillespie-Blanco-Hays-Travis- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Fredericksburg, Blanco, San Marcos, and Austin 954 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of south central Texas, including the following areas, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Hays, Llano, Travis, and Williamson. * From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening * Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches with isolated amounts up to 3 inches. * The cumulative heavy rainfall totals will not only present an immediate localized flash flood threat for poor drainage areas, but also increase flows and water levels of some larger creeks and streams. 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. &&
