{"id":273376,"date":"2026-04-30T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273376\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:36:08","slug":"severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued-for-austin-area-until-245-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273376\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Austin area until 2:45 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for the Austin area, including the cities of Austin, Lakeway and Buda, until 2:45 p.m. Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service says the main threats are wind up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees,&#8221; NWS said.<\/p>\n<p>A severe thunderstorm watch means storms are capable of forming, and you should be prepared to take action if it progresses into a warning. A severe thunderstorm warning means there is &#8220;imminent danger to life and property,&#8221; and you should take shelter immediately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/safety\/thunderstorm-ww\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the NWS<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A flood watch has also been issued for many Central Texas counties, including Travis, Williamson and Hays counties, from 9 p.m. Thursday through Friday evening, NWS said. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/safety\/flood-watch-warning\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">flood watch means<\/a> flooding is possible. A flood warning or flash flood warning means that flooding is about to happen or is already happening, and people should action immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few ways to stay informed during severe weather: <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for the Austin area, including the cities of Austin, Lakeway and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,10533,12316,2384,17920,172],"class_list":["post-273376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-tx","tag-severe","tag-storms","tag-warning","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273376","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=273376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}