Flash Flood Watch
Issued At: Sunday, 04 Oct 2009, 1:37 AM CDT
Expires At: Monday, 05 Oct 2009, 1:37 AM CDT
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO SAN ANTONIO TO JOURDANTON... .THE CLUSTER
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING FROM SAN
ANTONIO EASTWARD TO HALLETTSVILLE AS MOVED EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. RAINFALL REPORTS AND DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED
THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OCCURRED FROM SAN ANTONIO
AND NEW BRAUNFELS EASTWARD TO HALLETTSVILLE. THE FOCUS FOR
ORGANIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND
OUR NORTHEAST COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE VICINITY
OF A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...
CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...
GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...
TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON. * UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING *
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FOCUS FOR
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
WATCH AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND OUR
NORTHEAST COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES. *
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF. THIS WILL INUNDATE CREEKS AND STREAMS.
STREET FLOODING ACROSS URBAN AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
Areas affected: Llano, Burnet, Williamson, Gillespie, Kendall, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Fayette, Atascosa, Wilson, Karnes, Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca