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Flood Watch 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 1, 202422 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flood watch at May 1, 2024, 11:07 AM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 1, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2024, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
In effect from
May 1, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 2, 2024, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity
None
All 22 counties

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, 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, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at May 1, 6:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco51 min
May 1, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco48 min
May 1, 6:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBlanco, Kendall3 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Texas, 2024Every flood watch in 2024

Sources

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