Rainfall rates of 2 inches at hour. Flash flooding expected. More than 3 inches have already fallen in the Llano River, which should bring Lake Travis up some. Nothing much at the rancho yet, but KXAN’s radar shows it headed this way. Weather Service’s Web radar was down but now back up. Funny how that happens at times like this. Showing tornado boxes north and west. Time to shut down for a while.
UPDATE And they came and went without any damage at the rancho which hasn’t had much more than an inch at 11 p.m. But the weather service radar shows much more to come as the low pushed in here by the jetstream dipping south seems to be parked over Central Texas. Lower Colorado River Authority automated guages show almost 4 inches on the Llano so far, so there’s hope for a significant rise in the lakes from this deluge. Indeed, flooding could become a real problem if, as the forecast models show now, the low continues to sit overhead until Tuesday. Probably will move out, though. More likely.
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