FLASH FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 417 AM CDT MON SEP 06 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL... DEWITT...FAYETTE...FRIO...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS... KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...MEDINA...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * EXPECT NUMEROUS BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BEGIN MOVING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD RAINS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * THE CUMULATIVE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR RIVER RISES EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. && $$
