2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 17, 5:34 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 634 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 .AVIATION... SCT RA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. NOT ANTICIPATING MUCH MORE ACTIVITY AROUND THE KDRT AERODROME TONIGHT, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SEE LIGHT NE WINDS UNTIL ABOUT 05Z MONDAY, WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10-15KTS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS, WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RA/TSRA OVERNIGHT, BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF TEMPO MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS THROUGH 14Z MONDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 352 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006) DISCUSSION... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE LANE WILL FILL-IN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS EVENING AND TRANSITION EAST OVERNIGHT...BRINGING HEAVY RAINS TO THE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO I-35 CORRIDOR. RAIN IS FORECAST TO EXIT TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY MONDAY...MOVING EAST OUT OF LAVACA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES SOMETIME IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES. HOWEVER...AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SOAKING RAIN WILL SEE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES. IF THE 12Z NAM(WRF) SOLUTION VERIFIES...AMOUNTS WILL BE CLOSER TO WIDESPREAD 2-4 INCH AMOUNTS FROM SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN...WHICH WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MORNING COMMUTERS. THE WELL-ADVERTISED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WITH MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND IT. BETWEEN COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING FROM THE DRY POST-FRONTAL AIR MOVING OVER WET SURFACES...WELL SEE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY. GULF MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO RETURN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING TROUGH TO THE NORTH AND WEST...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH LATER IN THE WEEKEND. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST UNTIL ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UNTIL THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BANDERA... BLANCO... BURNET... DIMMIT... EDWARDS... GILLESPIE... KENDALL... KERR... KINNEY... LLANO... MAVERICK... MEDINA... REAL... UVALDE... VAL VERDE... AND ZAVALA. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BEXAR... COMAL... FRIO... HAYS... TRAVIS... AND WILLIAMSON. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA... BASTROP... CALDWELL... DE WITT... FAYETTE... GONZALES... GUADALUPE... KARNES... LAVACA... LEE... AND WILSON. && 08/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 553 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-181100- 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- 553 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DEEP TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND PERTURBATIONS EMANATING FROM THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC HURRICANE LANE WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING MAY HELP FOCUS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESULTANT FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DEEP MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA EARLY MONDAY FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINS SHOULD END FROM THE NORTH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS FROM THE WEST LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms formed in the late afternoon over the western portions of Fayette County and eastern portions of Bastrop County, producing general 2-3 inch totals. Highest totals in Bastrop County were 5 inches near Smithville. Flash flooding closed FM535 and FM153 through the mid evening.
Thunderstorms formed in the late afternoon over the western portions of Fayette County and eastern portions of Bastrop County, producing general 2-3 inch totals. Up to 4 inches fell between LaGrange and Warda, causing flash flooding that closed FM609 and FM153.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5533680, 5533730.