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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 18, 201225 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood watch at Mar 18, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT for 25 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2012, 10:02 AM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity
None
All 25 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-250 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

211 
WGUS64 KEWX 180900
FFAEWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
400 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO
HONDO TO PEARSALL...

.A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING.
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINS WILL COME AFTER
SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. IN
ADDITION...THE WINTER PERIOD FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY WAS THE
4TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT SAN ANTONIO...THE 2ND WETTEST
AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND THE 14TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY
AT AUSTIN MABRY. MORE CLOUD COVER THAN USUAL HAS PERSISTED SINCE
DECEMBER...REDUCING THE USUAL AMOUNT OF EVAPORATION. THESE CONDITIONS
HAVE LEFT SOILS MORE SATURATED THAN USUAL. AS A RESULT...WITH
THE LIKELYHOOD OF MORE RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...
RUNOFF WILL BE MORE LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE
TO HONDO TO PEARSALL. THIS INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO
METROPOLITAN AREAS.

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KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
400 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY 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...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. 

* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS TUESDAY AND
  TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORM
  SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT
  WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
  TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING. UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST MONDAY NIGHT
  AND TUESDAY MORNING. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
  MORNING...ALONG WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINS WILL
  COME AFTER SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. IN
  ADDITION...THE WINTER PERIOD FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY WAS THE 4TH
  WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT SAN ANTONIO...THE 2ND WETTEST AT
  AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND THE 14TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT AUSTIN
  MABRY. MORE CLOUD COVER THAN USUAL HAS PERSISTED SINCE DECEMBER...
  REDUCING THE USUAL AMOUNT OF EVAPORATION. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE LEFT
  SOILS MORE SATURATED THAN USUAL. AS A RESULT...WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF
  MORE RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...RUNOFF WILL BE MORE
  LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO
  PEARSALL. THIS INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED
  AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

* THE HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED MAY PRODUCE RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS
  WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OVER THE LOWER GUADALUPE... SAN ANTONIO AND
  LAVACA NAVIDAD RIVER BASINS.

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.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
452 
WGUS64 KEWX 181300
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
800 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO
HONDO TO PEARSALL...

.A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING.
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG
WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINS WILL COME AFTER
SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. IN
ADDITION...THE WINTER PERIOD FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY WAS THE
4TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT SAN ANTONIO...THE 2ND WETTEST
AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND THE 14TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY
AT AUSTIN MABRY. MORE CLOUD COVER THAN USUAL HAS PERSISTED SINCE
DECEMBER...REDUCING THE USUAL AMOUNT OF EVAPORATION. THESE
CONDITIONS HAVE LEFT SOILS MORE SATURATED THAN USUAL. AS A
RESULT...WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF MORE RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING... RUNOFF WILL BE MORE LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO PEARSALL. THIS
INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS.

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-163-171-177-187-209-
255-259-265-285-287-299-325-453-491-493-182000-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-
DEWITT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
800 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...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. 

* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS 
  TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS 
  SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
  MONDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 
  TEXAS TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS 
  WEATHER SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY 
  MORNING. UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST MONDAY NIGHT AND 
  TUESDAY MORNING. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY 
  MORNING...ALONG WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE 
  RAINS WILL COME AFTER SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY AND DURING THE 
  DAY ON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...THE WINTER PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 
  TO FEBRUARY WAS THE 4TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT SAN 
  ANTONIO...THE 2ND WETTEST AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND THE 14TH 
  WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT AUSTIN MABRY. MORE CLOUD COVER 
  THAN USUAL HAS PERSISTED SINCE DECEMBER... REDUCING THE USUAL 
  AMOUNT OF EVAPORATION. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE LEFT SOILS MORE 
  SATURATED THAN USUAL. AS A RESULT...WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF 
  MORE RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...RUNOFF WILL BE 
  MORE LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ACROSS SOUTH 
  CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO 
  KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO PEARSALL. THIS INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND 
  SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 
  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 
  INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. 

* THE HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED MAY PRODUCE RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND 
  STREAMS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OVER THE LOWER GUADALUPE... 
  SAN ANTONIO AND LAVACA NAVIDAD RIVER BASINS. 

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.

&&

$$
723 
WGUS64 KEWX 182001
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
301 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO
HONDO TO PEARSALL...

.A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING.
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG
WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINS WILL COME AFTER
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OUT WEST LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. IN
ADDITION...THE WINTER PERIOD FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY WAS THE 4TH
WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT SAN ANTONIO...THE 2ND WETTEST AT
AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND THE 14TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT
AUSTIN MABRY. MORE CLOUD COVER THAN USUAL HAS PERSISTED SINCE
DECEMBER...REDUCING THE USUAL AMOUNT OF EVAPORATION. THESE
CONDITIONS HAVE LEFT SOILS MORE SATURATED THAN USUAL. AS A
RESULT...WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF MORE RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING... RUNOFF WILL BE MORE LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO PEARSALL. THIS INCLUDES THE
AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS.

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-163-171-177-187-209-
255-259-265-285-287-299-325-453-491-493-190700-
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DEWITT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
301 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...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. 

* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS
  TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS
  SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  MONDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
  TEXAS TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER
  SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING.
  UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
  MORNING. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG
  WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINS WILL COME AFTER
  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OUT WEST
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AND DURING THE DAY ON
  MONDAY. IN ADDITION...THE WINTER PERIOD FROM DECEMBER TO
  FEBRUARY WAS THE 4TH WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT SAN
  ANTONIO...THE 2ND WETTEST AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND THE 14TH
  WETTEST DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY AT AUSTIN MABRY. MORE CLOUD COVER
  THAN USUAL HAS PERSISTED SINCE DECEMBER... REDUCING THE USUAL
  AMOUNT OF EVAPORATION. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE LEFT SOILS MORE
  SATURATED THAN USUAL. AS A RESULT...WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF MORE
  RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...RUNOFF WILL BE MORE
  LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
  TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO
  HONDO TO PEARSALL. THIS INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO
  METROPOLITAN AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN
  POSSIBLE.

* THE HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED MAY PRODUCE RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND 
  STREAMS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OVER THE LOWER GUADALUPE... 
  SAN ANTONIO AND LAVACA NAVIDAD RIVER BASINS. 

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.

&&

$$
840 
WGUS64 KEWX 182105
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
405 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO
HONDO TO PEARSALL...

.A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS
MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING.
AS A RESULT... RUNOFF WILL BE MORE LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO PEARSALL. THIS INCLUDES THE
AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD
RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES.

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-163-171-177-187-209-
255-259-265-285-287-299-325-453-491-493-190700-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-
DEWITT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
405 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...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. 

* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* .A STRONG RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS
MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING.
AS A RESULT... RUNOFF WILL BE MORE LIKELY AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO PEARSALL. THIS INCLUDES THE
AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD
RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES.

* THE HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED MAY PRODUCE RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND 
  STREAMS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OVER THE LOWER GUADALUPE... 
  SAN ANTONIO AND LAVACA NAVIDAD RIVER BASINS. 

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.

&&

$$
236 
WGUS64 KEWX 190221
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
921 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO
HONDO TO PEARSALL...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT
FLASH FLOOD THREAT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE CHANCE OF RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH HEAVIER
RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT. A TRAINING PATTERN OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
STORM TOTAL RAINS COULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE AUSTIN METRO AREA AND POINTS TO THE NORTH
AND EAST.

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-163-171-177-187-209-
255-259-265-285-287-299-325-453-491-493-191200-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.A.0003.120319T2300Z-120320T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-
DEWITT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
921 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...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. 

* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SLOW
  MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT LATE MONDAY EVENING INTO THE EARLY
  MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS COULD RANGE FROM 2
  TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. HEAVIEST
  RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM
  TUESDAY.

* 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
  NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. THE FLASH FLOOD IMPACT WILL BE
  HIGHEST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS
  AROUND AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.

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.

&&

$$
047 
WGUS64 KEWX 190917
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
417 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO
HONDO TO PEARSALL...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 18 HOURS...WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES
EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT. A TRAINING PATTERN OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE AUSTIN METRO AREA AND FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND
EAST.

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-163-171-177-187-209-
255-259-265-285-287-299-325-453-491-493-191730-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.A.0003.120319T2300Z-120320T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-
DEWITT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
417 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...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. 

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SLOW
  MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT LATE MONDAY EVENING INTO THE EARLY
  MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
  FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. HEAVIEST
  RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM
  TUESDAY.

* 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 
  NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. THE FLASH FLOOD IMPACT WILL BE 
  HIGHEST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS 
  AROUND AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. 

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.

&&

$$
254 
WGUS64 KEWX 191736
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1236 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 
LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO
KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO PEARSALL...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT
THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE CHANCE OF RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...
WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.
A TRAINING PATTERN OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG A COLD
FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS
EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. THE
HIGHEST FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE AUSTIN
METRO AREA AND FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND EAST.

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-163-171-177-187-209-
255-259-265-285-287-299-325-453-491-493-200300-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.A.0003.120319T2300Z-120320T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-
DEWITT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
1236 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...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. 

* FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SLOW
  MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING
  HOURS TUESDAY. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
  2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. HEAVIEST
  RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 PM THIS
  EVENING AND 4 AM TUESDAY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS THROUGH 8 AM TUESDAY.

* 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
  NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. THE FLASH FLOOD IMPACT WILL BE
  HIGHEST LATE TONIGHT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN
  URBAN LOCATIONS AROUND AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. RESIDENTS AND
  VISITORS NEARBY THE GUADALUPE...COLORADO AND SAN ANTONIO RIVERS
  AND STREAMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS
  TONIGHT AS THE HEAVY RAINS IMPACT THOSE BASINS.

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.

&&

$$
224 
WGUS64 KEWX 200236 AAA
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
936 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY
ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASTELL TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO
PEARSALL...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT 
WILL INTERACT WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF GULF AND PACIFIC MOISTURE
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. A TRAINING PATTERN OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT
MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. THE
HIGHEST FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE AUSTIN
METRO AREA AND FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND EAST.

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-163-171-177-187-209-
255-259-265-285-287-299-325-453-491-493-201215-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-
DEWITT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP...
SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...
CUERO...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...
SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...
HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
936 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...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. 

* THROUGH NOON TUESDAY

* EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SLOW
  MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. STORM
  RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH
  ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO 7 INCHES. HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES ARE
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 PM THIS EVENING AND 4 AM TUESDAY
  WITH LESSER AMOUNTS THROUGH 8 AM TUESDAY.

* 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 
  NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. THE FLASH FLOOD IMPACT WILL BE 
  HIGHEST LATE TONIGHT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN 
  URBAN LOCATIONS AROUND AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. RESIDENTS AND 
  VISITORS NEARBY THE GUADALUPE...COLORADO AND SAN ANTONIO 
  RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS THE HEAVY RAINS IMPACT THOSE BASINS. 

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.

&&

$$
007 
WGUS64 KEWX 201221
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
721 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012


...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN PART OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH NOON ALONG AND EAST OF
I-35...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT
HAVE MOVED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE REGION AND FLASH FLOODING IS
STILL POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THIS. IN ADDITION...
RUNOFF INTO NORMALLY DRY CREEKS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING.

TXC013-019-031-053-163-171-259-265-299-325-201330-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BLANCO-BURNET-FRIO-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-KERR-LLANO-
MEDINA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BLANCO...
BURNET...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...KERRVILLE...LLANO...
HONDO
721 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...
FRIO...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...KERR...LLANO...AND MEDINA COUNTIES IN
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE RAIN HAS MOSTLY ENDED
ACROSS THIS AREA AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER LIKELY. SEVERAL
RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD AND WILL CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE UNTIL
WEDNESDAY.

$$

TXC021-029-055-091-123-149-177-187-209-255-285-287-453-491-493-
201700-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP-BEXAR-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT-FAYETTE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-
HAYS-KARNES-LAVACA-LEE-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...SAN ANTONIO...LOCKHART...
NEW BRAUNFELS...CUERO...LA GRANGE...GONZALES...SEGUIN...
SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...AUSTIN...
GEORGETOWN...FLORESVILLE
721 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...BASTROP... 
  BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...GONZALES... 
  GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON 
  AND WILSON. 

* UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY

* EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL TO OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING
  PACIFIC COLD FRONT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS
  ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED SPOTS UP
  TO 7 INCHES.

* 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
  NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS NEARBY THE
  GUADALUPE...COLORADO AND SAN ANTONIO RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD
  CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE HEAVY RAINS
  IMPACT THOSE BASINS.

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.

&&

$$
803 
WGUS64 KEWX 201502
FFAEWX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1002 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED...

.THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST AND FLASH FLOODING IS
NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SEVERAL STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL
REMAIN IN FLOOD TODAY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINS OF LAST NIGHT
AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

TXC021-029-055-091-123-149-177-187-209-255-285-287-453-491-493-
201615-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BASTROP-BEXAR-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT-FAYETTE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-
HAYS-KARNES-LAVACA-LEE-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...SAN ANTONIO...LOCKHART...
NEW BRAUNFELS...CUERO...LA GRANGE...GONZALES...SEGUIN...
SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...AUSTIN...
GEORGETOWN...FLORESVILLE
1002 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...GONZALES...
GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND
WILSON

THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST AND FLASH FLOODING IS
NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SEVERAL STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL
REMAIN IN FLOOD TODAY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINS OF LAST NIGHT
AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.