Sandy, TX Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

155 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

Expires:

600 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... HURRICANE DOLLY MADE LANDFALL JUST NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE. DOLLY IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND TO NORTHEAST MEXICO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER BANDS OF DOLLY MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SCHULENBURG TO NEAR SAN ANTONIO...THEN WEST TO NEAR UVALDE AND DEL RIO. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD MOVE FURTHER NORTH TO THE AUSTIN AREA AND PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING HOURS TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY. RAIN THAT IS HEAVY AT TIMES COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON LOW LYING STREETS AND ROADS OR AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT ARE EASILY SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 7 PM CDT FOR LAVACA... DEWITT...GONZALES...KARNES...AND WILSON COUNTIES. AS THUNDERSTORMS ON SOME OF THE STRONGER OUTER BANDS OF DOLLEY SWEEP ACROSS THESE COUNTIES...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...AND STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY CONTINUE MOVING WEST ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PLEASANTON TO DEL RIO LINE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.