Flash Flood Watch for Memorial Day
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From Staff Reports The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch from 7 p.m. on Monday, May 26 through noon on Tuesday, May 27 siting a "slow and steady rainfall" through the night. They are also predicting isolated spots of 3 inches of rainfall. The entire report is listed below. From the National Weather Service
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG INTERSTATE 35... .A SLOW UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...RESULTING IN A THREAT OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST ACROSS AREAS EAST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO UVALDE TO KARNES CITY LINE. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...THE ACCUMULATION OF THESE HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RISES IN AREA STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY CREEKS. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET... CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...GILLESPIE...GONZALES... GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...LAVACA...LEE... LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * WIDESPREAD RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND AREA STREAMS MAY ALSO SEE RAPID RISES.
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