Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Statement #2
Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
925pm CT – Tuesday / 5 May 2015
NWS Austin-San Antonio has Issued a
New Flash Flood Warning for East Central Travis County Valid Until 1215am …
…. Authority NWS/Austin San Antonio ….
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
921 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 918 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AUSTIN
METRO AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. A
RAINFALL OBSERVER LOCATED 3.9 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN
AUSTIN HAS REPORTED 2.66 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 2 TO 3 HOURS.
HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE
PART OF THE AUSTIN METRO AREA THROUGH 10 PM CDT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
AUSTIN…PFLUGERVILLE…WINDEMERE…MANOR AND WELLS BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Statement #1
Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
900pm CT – Tuesday / 5 May 2015
Localized Flooding Reported Around the Austin Metro Area …
NWS Austin-San Antonio has Issued a Flash Flood Warning Valid Until 1115pm …
The Austin Police Department reports some flooding in north Austin on the
northbound side of US Highway 183 where the northbound and southbound lanes
exit to MoPac just west of Burnet Road. Roadway has been closed by APD.
Scanner reports indicate other areas of flooding in central and northern areas of
the Austin metro area.
Rain is slowly moving north and northeastward but is concentrating in that area of
Austin between Ben White Boulevard (in south Austin) northward to the Toll Road 45
between northwest Austin and Pflugerville.
According to the LCRA Hydromet system, upwards of 2 to 3 inches of rain has fallen
in many areas of central and north Austin and with additional rain over the next hour
or two… flooding will continue to be a problem and will get worse in some areas..
Here is the text of the Flash Flood Warning..
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
821 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 817 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TRAVIS
COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
AUSTIN…BEE CAVE…WEST LAKE HILLS…ROLLINGWOOD…MANSFIELD
DAM…BARTON CREEK…HUDSON BEND…SUNSET VALLEY…CAMP MABRY…
LOST CREEK AND WELLS BRANCH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.