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Flood Watch 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 31, 202533 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flood watch at Aug 31, 2025, 12:51 AM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 31, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2025, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 31, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 1, 2025, 2:40 PM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity: None

All 33 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, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards 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, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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 Aug 30, 7:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 7:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 30, 7:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 7:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Blanco	3 hr
Aug 30, 10:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
Aug 31, 3:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Llano	3 hr
Aug 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kendall	41 min
Aug 31, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall	61 min
Aug 31, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Gillespie, Kendall	3 hr
Aug 31, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal	38 min
Aug 31, 6:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
Aug 31, 6:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.