Flash Flood Watch
Issued At: Thursday, 22 Oct 2009, 1:38 AM CDT
Expires At: Thursday, 22 Oct 2009, 1:38 AM CDT
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES GENERALLY EAST OF A ROCKSPRINGS..
DILLEY LINE UNTIL NOON... .MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF RICK WILL
CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING
WHILE SLOWLY TRANSLATING EASTWARD. THIS UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE HAS
COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN THE LOWER LEVELS TO CREATE A
TROPICAL AIR MASS OVER OUR REGION. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING AT
THE SAME TIME A COLD FRONT PUSHES RAPIDLY ACROSS. AVERAGE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 INCHES BUT
ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS THROUGH NOON MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES. RAIN
CHANCES WILL LINGER BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT BUT WILL
DECREASE RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...
BURNET...CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...FRIO...
GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...
KERR...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND
WILSON. * UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY * A VERY MOIST AIR MASS AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW WIDESPREAD SHOWERS TO
DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE MORNING. A COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH RAPIDLY THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
DURING THE DAY. * AVERAGE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY
BE 1 TO 2 INCHES BUT ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS THROUGH NOON TODAY MAY
EXCEED 3 INCHES. THE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND URBANIZED
AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID RISES ON RIVERS ACROSS
THE REGION.
Areas affected: Llano, Burnet, Williamson, Kerr, Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Medina, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Fayette, Frio, Atascosa, Wilson, Karnes, Gonzales, Lavaca