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Forecast: Tropical Storm Harold moves through South TX; critical fire concerns continue
Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Storm Team.
Shane Hinton (KVUE), Jordan Darensbourg, Hunter Williams, Grace Thornton
11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019
1:04 PM CDT August 22, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas — *A Red Flag Warning will be in effect from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday for all of Central Texas except for Caldwell and Fayette counties, so please avoid any and all outdoor burning.*
Monday was the 45th day in a row of triple-digit heat in Austin, and we are now likely looking ahead to at least seven more days in a row as tropical rainfall stays mostly to our south on Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Harold will make landfall between Corpus Christi and Brownsville on Tuesday morning. This system will bring 2 to 4 inches of beneficial rain to much of South Texas, but here in the KVUE area, we’re left with just a 20% to 30% chance for showers and storms at best. Our rain chances begin in the late morning and extend through the early afternoon.
There’s a slight rain chance and a small “cool down,” but we still expect a high temperature of around 101 degrees in Austin on Tuesday. “Feels like” temperatures could still climb as high as 107 degrees. While most will miss out on rain entirely, the outer bands of tropical systems can occasionally produce brief tornadoes. The main concern for this stays south of the KVUE area.
Fire danger will be critical on Tuesday with a breezy east-southeast wind gusting as high as 30 miles per hour. A Red Flag Warning will be in effect for most of the KVUE viewing area, so please avoid any outdoor burning.
The heat quickly ramps back up for the middle and end of this week with high temperatures around 107 by Friday. Our forecast calls for small, isolated shower chances Friday into the beginning of next week, but most will remain dry.
TUESDAY:
Partly cloudy and hot. 20% chance of scattered showers and storms. East-northeast wind at 10 to 20 mph with gusts around 30 mph possible.
HIGH: 100
TUESDAY NIGHT:
Partly cloudy. Southeast wind at 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph possible.
LOW: 76
WEDNESDAY:
Mostly sunny and hot. East-southeast wind at 5 to 10 mph.
HIGH: 104
SEVEN-DAY FORECAST:
Check out the live radar for what you can expect the rest of the day and into the workweek.