2 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 Aug 8, 8:07 PM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 907 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 .UPDATE... MAJORITY OF CONVECTION OCCURRING EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN AUS AND SAT AND NORTH OF I-10. SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH OF I-10 STILL SETTING OFF SCATTERED CONVECTION IN ITS WAKE. WILL DECREASE POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT THE WEAK MID/UPPER TROF OVER NORTH TEXAS. THIS FEATURE IS FCS TO SINK SLOWLY SOUTHWARD...THUS EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OVER THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS TO BE UPDATED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 333 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005) DISCUSSION... SLOW MOVING CONVECTION ACTIVE OVER CENTRAL TX JUST NORTH OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK UPPER TROF THAT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SWD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. BECAUSE OF THE UPPER TROF THE CONVECTION COULD LINGER IN THE LAST EVENING HOURS...BUT MORE LIKELY REDEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE NE CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ON TUESDAY WILL SEE HIGHEST POPS AGAIN OVR THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHEAST COUNTIES WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES POSSIBLE TRIGGERING ISOLD CONVECTION FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS STORM MOVEMENT REMAINS SLOW AND HAVE MENTION THIS FOR THE NE COUNTIES TONIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE LATE WEEK...MODELS CONTINUE SHOW DRYING AT THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS AS THE UPPER TROF OR SHEAR LINE WASHES OUT LEAVING S TX UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WEAK UPR RIDGE. THEREFORE LITTLE OR NO POPS WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES THRU FRIDAY...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WARRANTED FOR NEXT WEEKEND INTO MONDAY AS WEAK S/W ACTIVITY INCREASES FROM AN APPROACHING TROF TO THE WEST...AND MOISTURE DEEPENS. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 13/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 530 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-091030- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 530 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING AS SCATTERED...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. THE BEST SHOT AT HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE AUSTIN METRO AREA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Evening thunderstorms over central Fayette County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals with up to 5 inches falling between LaGrange and Fayetteville. Several roads in central Fayette County were closed due to high water, including SH159, FM955, FM1291, and FM155.
Evening thunderstorms over southern Lee County produced general 1 inch totals with highest amounts between 2 and 3 inches in the Giddings area. Flash flooding blocked roads in and around Giddings during the late night hours. Water briefly flooded several homes in Giddings.
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