{"id":325182,"date":"2026-06-06T04:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325182\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:44:13","slug":"flood-warning-issued-for-travis-williamson-burnet-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325182\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood warning issued for Travis, Williamson, Burnet counties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavy rain and flash flooding are possible in Austin and the surrounding areas on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning<\/a> for western Williamson County and northeastern Burnet Counties at 5:45 p.m. as storms moved in, issuing an alert that cities including Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Liberty Hill and Florence should expect floods. A warning was later added for Northwest Travis County \u2014 which includes Sandy Creek, a neighborhood that was struck by deadly floods<\/a> in July 2025. <\/p>\n

\u201c2-3 inches has already fallen with more on the way. Flash flooding may begin shortly,\u201d the NWS said in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A flash flood warning indicates that flash flooding has either already occurred or is expected imminently. The warnings for Travis, Williamson and Burnet counties are in effect until 1 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

Most of the broader Austin area is under a flood watch, meaning floods are a possibility. The watch includes Travis, Hays and Williamson counties and is in effect until 1 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

The NWS cautions that flooding could be life-threatening and warns drivers to avoid roadways during heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n

\u201cStay away or be swept away,\u201d NWS said in its warning statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rain and flash flooding are possible in Austin and the surrounding areas on Friday evening. The National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,50229,1522,13365,12257,23639,62871,17920,12378,111810],"class_list":["post-325182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-burnet","tag-county","tag-flash-flooding","tag-flood","tag-hays","tag-travis","tag-warning","tag-watch","tag-williamson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325182","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=325182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}