The Brief<\/p>\n
Flash Flood Warning in effect for two Central Texas counties<\/p>\n
Warning in effect until 10 p.m. for Burnet, Williamson counties<\/p>\n
AUSTIN, Texas – A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for two Central Texas counties.<\/p>\n
The warning covers northeastern Burnet County and western Williamson County until 10 p.m. tonight (June 5).<\/p>\n
What they’re saying<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service says that at 5:40 p.m., Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms and heavy rain across the area with between two and four inches having already fallen.<\/p>\n
Additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches are possible.<\/p>\n
Life-threatening flash flooding of creeks, streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses is ongoing or expected to happen.<\/p>\n
The NWS says some locations that could see flash flooding include: Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Liberty Hill, Florence, Andice, Sun City and Seward Junction.<\/p>\n
What you can do<\/p>\n
The NWS says to remember “turn around, don’t drown” when encountering flooded roads and to be extra cautious at night.<\/p>\n
Pedestrians are also advised to “stay away or be swept away” as river banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe.<\/p>\n
Local forecast<\/p>\n
Stay weather aware and track your local forecast for the Austin area quickly with the free FOX 7 WAPP<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The design gives you radar, hourly, and 7-day weather information just by scrolling.\u00a0<\/p>\n Our weather alerts will warn you early and help you stay safe.<\/p>\n You can also keep an eye on low water crossings and road closures at atxfloods<\/a> and DriveTexas.org.<\/a><\/p>\n The Source<\/p>\n Information in this report comes from the National Weather Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Flash Flood Warning in effect for two Central Texas counties Warning in effect until 10 p.m.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,8344,12256,1971,76614],"class_list":["post-325403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-burnet-county","tag-flash-flood-warning","tag-national-weather-service","tag-williamson-counties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325403","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=325403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}