Interactive NWS Alert Information
New Event for Bexar County
Flash Flood Watch valid from May 7 12 6:00 PM to May 8 12 4:00 PM CDT
Sent to SMS and E-Mail at May 7 12 3:28 AM CDT
Radar Time: May 7 2012 6:00 PM CDT
000 WGUS64 KEWX 070828 FFAEWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 328 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH MOIST UNSTABLE GULF AIR ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS COMBINED WITH UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN ALONG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 FROM GEORGETOWN TO SAN ANTONIO...AND ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAN ANTONIO TO DEL RIO. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. SPOTTY ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. TXC019-029-031-053-091-137-171-209-259-265-271-299-325-385-453- 463-465-491-071600- /O.NEW.KEWX.FF.A.0004.120507T2300Z-120508T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BANDERA-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-COMAL-EDWARDS-GILLESPIE-HAYS-KENDALL- KERR-KINNEY-LLANO-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS-UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDERA...SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO... BURNET...NEW BRAUNFELS...ROCKSPRINGS...FREDERICKSBURG... SAN MARCOS...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...BRACKETTVILLE...LLANO...HONDO... LEAKEY...AUSTIN...UVALDE...DEL RIO...GEORGETOWN 328 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BANDERA...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...COMAL...EDWARDS... GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...MEDINA... REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE AND WILLIAMSON. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * AVERAGE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH HIGHER TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. * THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY CREEK BEDS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND LARGER STREAMS WILL LIKELY MAKE SOME ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. THE FLASH FLOOD IMPACT WILL BE HIGHEST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. &&