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More rain expected on Friday; minor flooding possible
The heaviest rain of the week is now behind us, but plan on scattered downpours through Friday. Here’s what to expect.
Grace Thornton, Hunter Williams (KVUE), Shane Hinton (KVUE)
2:39 PM CDT October 25, 2023
9:21 PM CDT October 26, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas — Thursday brought tornado warnings and localized flooding to Central Texas. Parts of the KVUE area picked up in excess of 7 inches of rain, and Austin saw it’s highest single day rainfall amount in over a year.
The heavy rainfall from Thursday is now behind us, and the Flood Watch has been cancelled early. We have now entered a brief dry stretch in the forecast that continues through most of the overnight. However, we not done with rain just yet. While the heaviest rain of the week has ended, and we’re no longer expecting additional major flooding, there could still be isolated minor flooding on Friday.
After staying mainly dry overnight, additional showers and storms develop as early as Friday morning, and continue through Friday afternoon and even Friday evening. This rain will not be as widespread or as heavy as Thursday with the overall rain chance around 60 percent. However, given the already saturated soil, another quick inch or two of rain could create some minor, localized flooding through Friday.
The flood risk on Friday is a level 1 of 4 for most of the KVUE area. After the rain on Friday, Saturday trends drier ahead of another chance for rain and minor flooding on Sunday and Monday when our strong cold front moves through.
This strong cold front arrives Sunday afternoon, and it will bring a nearly 40 degree drop in temperature in the span of just several hours. You can read more about the cold front here.
The KVUE Weather Team will continue to monitor this developing forecast.
In the meantime, the extended forecast can be found below:
