{"id":452879,"date":"2026-10-01T05:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452879\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:54:08","slug":"travis-county-puts-all-departments-on-alert-ahead-of-expected-severe-weather-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452879\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis County puts all departments on alert ahead of expected severe weather this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 With severe weather expected this week, Travis County officials say all county departments are ready to respond to emergencies, with staff monitoring conditions days ahead of the incoming storm.<\/p>\n

County officials are urging residents to sign up for Warn Central Texas before the storm hits and to make sure audible emergency alerts are turned on on their phones so they can receive warnings when they need them.<\/p>\n

In South Austin, residents near Onion Creek \u2014 an area known for flooding \u2014 are bracing for expected heavy rain and possible flash flooding. Austinite Terry Debolt, who lives near Onion Creek, described the challenge of living with extreme weather in the area: \u201cI’ve had wet socks before, and it’s Austin. It’s a juggling act between droughts and floods.\u201d<\/p>\n

Debolt said flooding can rise quickly. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes up to the door. And you just go, okay, it was going to go down. And we don’t get another 1990 that it flooded so badly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ALSO| Heaviest rain, biggest flood threat expected Thursday night in Central Texas<\/a><\/p>\n

Travis County Public Information Officer Hector Nieto said the county is positioning resources ahead of the storm. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have multiple helicopters stationed throughout the county. We also have all of the emergency services districts throughout the County that will be able to respond as well,\u201d Nieto said.<\/p>\n

Nieto said crews will continue monitoring conditions in the days ahead as the county works to install sirens near Maha, Onion and Sandy creeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we’re looking to get that up and running as soon as possible. Contracts have already moved forward, and we’re ready to get those installed,\u201d he said. CBS Austin’s Vinny Martorano asked whether the sirens would be installed by the time rain arrives this week. Nieto said, \u201cI don’t have an answer to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week, Travis County commissioners approved next year\u2019s budget, including $35 million for the county\u2019s disaster reserve \u2014 $20 million more than last year. The fund helps cover damage from disasters. Nieto said last year\u2019s July Fourth floods underscored the need for the reserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason we did that is that we are seeing more incidents, emergency incidents, every year and we want to make certain we’re able to cover those costs for those incidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 With severe weather expected this week, Travis County officials say all county departments are ready…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-452879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452879","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=452879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}