Flood watch issued for Austin from Friday through Memorial Day

The flood watch, which might start at 7 pm Friday and finish at 7 pm Monday, applies to those Austin metro space counties: Travis, Hays, Williamson, Bastrop and Caldwell.

San Antonio metro space counties below the flood watch embody: Bexar, Bandera, Medina, Comal, Guadalupe, Frio, Kendall and Wilson. Hill Country counties affected embody: Burnet, Blanco, Llano, Kerr and Gillespie.

Communities below the flood watch embody Austin, Hondo, Bandera, Boerne, New Braunfels, Pearsall, Fredericksburg, Floresville, Llano, Georgetown, Kerrville, Pleasanton, San Antonio, Blanco, Seguin, Gonzales, Bastrop, Karnes City, Giddings, San Marcos, La Grange, Cuero, Burnet, Lockhart and Hallettsville.

The climate service really helpful that the general public within the flood watch space ought to monitor storm forecasts and be alert for doable flood warnings.

Flood watches are issued when circumstances that make flooding doable are anticipated quickly, and the general public ought to be ready to take motion. However, a flood warning means flooding is imminent or occurring.