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Flood Watch 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 4, 20244 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flood watch at May 4, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 4, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 5, 2024, 7:38 AM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Burnet County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 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 4, 6:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 6:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 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 3, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr38 min
May 3, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr46 min
May 3, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal41 min

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.