Flash Flood Watch

Issued At: Thursday, 22 Oct 2009, 3:53 AM CDT
Expires At: Thursday, 22 Oct 2009, 12:00 PM 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


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