…. Flash Flood Watch Issued for IH35 Corridor Valid Until 4pm Tuesday ….

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1048 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…

.AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE A PATTERN FAVORABLE FOR MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION…RECENT RAINFALL OVER THE
LAST WEEK HAS LED TO SATURATED SOILS IN SOME LOCATIONS. PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL…ESPECIALLY OVER ALREADY MOIST GROUND… WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. RAINFALL CHANCES REMAIN VERY GOOD THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
THE FLOOD THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
UPCOMING WORK WEEK.

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FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LLANO…BURNET…GEORGETOWN…DEL RIO…
ROCKSPRINGS…LEAKEY…KERRVILLE…BANDERA…FREDERICKSBURG…
BOERNE…BLANCO…SAN MARCOS…AUSTIN…BASTROP…GIDDINGS…
BRACKETTVILLE…UVALDE…HONDO…SAN ANTONIO…NEW BRAUNFELS…
SEGUIN…LOCKHART…LA GRANGE…EAGLE PASS…CRYSTAL CITY…
PEARSALL…PLEASANTON…FLORESVILLE…KARNES CITY…GONZALES…
CUERO…HALLETTSVILLE…CARRIZO SPRINGS
1048 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON…

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…ATASCOSA…BANDERA…BASTROP…
BEXAR…BLANCO…BURNET…CALDWELL…COMAL…DE WITT…
DIMMIT…EDWARDS…FAYETTE…FRIO…GILLESPIE…GONZALES…
GUADALUPE…HAYS…KARNES…KENDALL…KERR…KINNEY…LAVACA…
LEE…LLANO…MAVERICK…MEDINA…REAL…TRAVIS…UVALDE…
VAL VERDE…WILLIAMSON…WILSON AND ZAVALA.

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS WITH SATURATED SOILS CAN EXPECT THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FLASH
FLOODING AS RAPID RUNOFF WILL POSE A ELEVATED THREAT TO LIFE AND
PROPERTY. EXPECT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SECONDARY ROADS TO
ALSO BE AT A HIGHER RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…