1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 6, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 315 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ISOLD TRW POPPING WEST OF THE RIVER OVR THE MOUNTAIN OF MEX AND NORTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY NEAR THE DRY LINE. CAPES ACRS THE CWA ARE IN THE 2500-4000 RANGE WITH LITTLE OR NO CAP...AND WITH SFC BASED LIS NEARING DOUBLE DIGITS. AMS VERY UNSTABLE AND EXPECT SCT TSTMS TO CONT FIRE NEAR THE DRY LINE/SRN END OF S/W THIS EVENING. WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY INTO THE NRN SECTIONS OF S CENTRAL TEXAS WITH MENTION OF SVR THIS EVENING AND LOWER CHCS OVER THE SE COUNTIES WHERE A FEW MAINLY SEA BREEZE TRW PSBL. EXPECT LOWER POPS MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE S/W WITH MAINLY WDLY SCT AFTN/EVENING RW/TRW...THEN A WK COLD FRONT SLIPS S INTO THE CWA MON NIGHT AND EARLY TUE BEFORE QUICKLY RETREATING NEWD OUT OF THE AREA. WILL UP MOS POPS WITH THE CDFNT FOR MON NIGHT...BUT POTENTIAL LOOKS BETTER FOR HVY RAIN THAN SVR DUE TO DEEPER MOISTURE...WK UPR AIR DYNAMICS...AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 069/083/066/081 4353 DRT 068/090/068/087 3232 SAT 071/085/067/083 3243 .EWX...NONE. 1/13
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in less than 2 hours caused brief flash flooding across Bull Creek, involving Spicewood SpringsRoad, during the evening period.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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