Troy Kimmel Weather

Forecasting Austin and South Central Texas Weather Since 1984

Special Briefings

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Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Update #12
Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
125pm CT – Thursday / 09 May 2019

… More Rain and Strong Thunderstorms and Potential Flooding on the Way …
… Average 3 to 5 Inch Rainfalls Over the Region Beginning Tonight Through Saturday Night …

… Flash Flood WATCH Continues for our IH35 Corridor Counties Until 7pm Saturday Night …

Severe thunderstorm risk has diminished a bit.. although, along and east of IH35, there is
still a risk of an isolated tornado.. some larger hail and damaging thunderstorm winds through
late tonight as a weak cold front moves southeast of the area and stalls.

With passing upper air low pressure disturbances, in an overrunning pattern, we’ll see widespread
rain.. rain shower and thunderstorm activity back in the cooler surface based air later tonight
through tomorrow and Saturday. Quickly occurring urban, flash flooding and even river flooding
is possible where heavier rainfall occurs especially in areas where heavier rain has fallen over the
recent days and weeks.

Please stay weather aware over the coming days.

I encourage everyone to be weather aware over the coming days. Know, in advance, the
difference between a NWS issued WATCH, ADVISORY and WARNING.

Always have at least two methods of getting current weather information..
.. follow me AND activate notifications on Twitter .. @troykimmelwx ..
.. have your NWS All Hazards Weather Radio properly set so it can receive and activate
when NWS watches and warnings are issued ..
.. make sure the WEA alerts are activated in your settings on your smart phone ..
.. go to the NWS Austin-San Antonio website at weather.gov/ewx ..
.. go to http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/afos/retrieve.py?pil=warewx&limit=20&fmt=html
for a chronological text listing (most current at the top but note the page doesn’t auto-refresh, you
must refresh page manually) of NWS Austin-San Antonio watches, advisories and warnings..

I’ll continue to monitor..
tk

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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.

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