The National Weather Service warns that Hays County will be under a flash flood watch tonight as a major storm moves across Central Texas, bringing a 70 percent chance of precipitation. One to two inches of rain is expected with up to five inches in isolated areas. Forecasters say:
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHILE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. THESE FEATURES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO GENERATE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN ALONG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA.
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 FROM GEORGETOWN TO SAN ANTONIO...AND THEN ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 FROM SAN ANTONIO TO DEL RIO. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. North northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. North northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. North northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. North northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
