Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

918 
WGUS74 KEWX 180700
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
200 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

TXC031-053-209-453-181015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140918T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYS TX-TRAVIS TX-BURNET TX-BLANCO TX-
200 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BLANCO...SOUTH CENTRAL BURNET...CENTRAL TRAVIS AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYS COUNTIES...

AT 159 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT SLOW MOVING 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 
WARNED AREA. AT 147 PM...BULL CREEK REPORTED A STAGE OF 6.03 FEET. 
THE CREEK IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10 FEET BEFORE 
SUBSIDING. NUMEROUS HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN AN 
HOURS TIME HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAKE TRAVIS 
TO THE WESTERN PART OF AUSTIN NEAR BULL CREEK. THE HEAVY RAINFALL 
RATES WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO SOUTH AUSTIN TOWARD 
PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK AND TANGLEWOOD FOREST THROUGH 3 AM CDT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMITHWICK...
CYPRESS MILL AND SPICEWOOD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3059 9811 3050 9808 3040 9812 3033 9780
      3042 9756 3015 9769 3023 9823 3052 9833

$$

788 
WGUS74 KEWX 180703
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
203 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

TXC031-053-209-453-181015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140918T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYS TX-TRAVIS TX-BURNET TX-BLANCO TX-
203 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BLANCO...SOUTH CENTRAL BURNET...CENTRAL TRAVIS AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYS COUNTIES...

AT 159 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED
OVER THE WARNED AREA. NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT SLOW 
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING 
OVER THE WARNED AREA. AT 147 AM CDT...BULL CREEK REPORTED A STAGE OF 
6.03 FEET. THE CREEK IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10 FEET 
BEFORE SUBSIDING. NUMEROUS HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES 
IN AN HOURS TIME HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAKE 
TRAVIS TO THE WESTERN PART OF AUSTIN NEAR BULL CREEK. THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO SOUTH AUSTIN TOWARD 
PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK AND TANGLEWOOD FOREST THROUGH 3 AM CDT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
SMITHWICK...CYPRESS MILL AND SPICEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&



LAT...LON 3059 9811 3050 9808 3040 9812 3033 9780
      3042 9756 3015 9769 3023 9823 3052 9833

$$

419 
WGUS74 KEWX 180922
FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
422 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

TXC031-053-209-453-181015-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140918T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYS TX-TRAVIS TX-BURNET TX-BLANCO TX-
422 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BLANCO...SOUTH CENTRAL BURNET...CENTRAL TRAVIS AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYS COUNTIES...

AT 408 AM CDT...SEVERAL ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN FLOODED 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  AREAS ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY 
HAVE SEEN 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN...MUCH OF WHICH FELL IN 1 HOURS 
TIME. THIS CREATED MASSIVE RUNOFF AND HAS LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.  
SEVERAL SWIFT WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND SOME ARE STILL 
ONGOING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TRAVIS COUNTY. AREAS NEAR LAKE 
TRAVIS...LAKE AUSTIN...AND BEE CAVE SAW THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS. 
SOME CREEKS IN AUSTIN ARE RUNNING VERY HIGH AND HAVE OVERTOPPED 
THEIR BANKS. 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...SO NO 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS 
SHOULD ALLOW THE WATER TO RECEDE.  SOME ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE 
FLOODED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS HOWEVER.  MOTORISTS SHOULD CONSIDER 
DELAYING THEIR MORNING COMMUTE UNTIL ROADS ARE SAFE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3059 9811 3050 9808 3040 9812 3033 9780
      3042 9756 3015 9769 3023 9823 3052 9833

$$