Reports from the Austin and San Antonio region watersheds may be benefitting as the hydrological "pumps" are being primed.
One of rivers that feeds Lake Buchanan:
http://hydromet.lcra.org/chron.aspx?snu ... San%20SabaOne of rivers that feeds Lake Travis:
http://hydromet.lcra.org/chron.aspx?snu ... r+at+LlanoMedina Lake watershed:
"FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
954 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
TXC019-265-325-463-260500-
/O.CON.KEWX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140526T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KERR TX-MEDINA TX-UVALDE TX-BANDERA TX-
954 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
BANDERA...NORTHEASTERN UVALDE...NORTHWESTERN MEDINA AND SOUTHERN KERR
COUNTIES...
AT 946 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS FROM KERRVILLE TO BANDERA TO CONCAN. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WARNING AREA WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES BETWEEN
HUNT...LOST MAPLES STATE PARK AND MEDINA. MUCH OF THE RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE MEDINA RIVER BASIN AND NEARBY PARTS OF THE SABINAL AND
SOUTH FORK OF THE GUADALUPE BASINS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALTONIA...
GARNER STATE PARK AND INGRAM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 2961 9975 2962 9960 2987 9959 3008 9957
3010 9893 2937 9901 2937 9976
$$"
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