{"id":246535,"date":"2026-04-12T16:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/246535\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:58:07","slug":"flood-watch-issued-through-monday-morning-as-heavy-rain-threatens-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/246535\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood Watch issued through Monday morning as heavy rain threatens central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Most of central Texas is under a Flood Watch beginning Sunday and lasting until 7 a.m. Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service has issued the watch for counties in the I-35 corridor, as well as counties southeast of the region in the Coastal Plains. Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee and Fayette Counties are all included in the watch.<\/p>\n<p>A Flood Watch is issued when weather conditions are favorable for flooding. It is not a guarantee that flooding will occur, but it is possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/east-austin-businesses-shaken-after-fatal-shooting-near-cabana-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | East Austin community shaken after fatal shooting near Cabana Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NWS says that life-threatening flooding is possible within the Flood Watch area, with rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches expected. The NWS also says that some isolated areas could see 5 to 10 inches of rain.<\/p>\n<p>Flood prone areas include streets, low-lying areas, urban storm drains, creeks, and small streams.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather service says that there will be areas that will not see heavy rainfall, but that there is a potential for rain that could cause flooding Sunday afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are asked to monitor forecasts, clear storm drains and gutters, and be prepared to take action in the event of a flood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Most of central Texas is under a Flood Watch beginning Sunday and lasting until 7&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-246535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}