Updated 09/07/2010 07:57 PM
Hermine dumps heavy rain across Central Texas
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Hermine’s track will take it through Texas and into Oklahoma later in the week. Image courtesy of the National Weather Service.
Though all coastal tropical storm warnings were discontinued Tuesday afternoon, Central Texas has at least another day to soak up the damp spin-off.
Flash flood watches and warnings remains in effect through Wednesday morning, and residents are advised to be wary of local flood prone areas.
Schools in the Burnet and Marble Falls school districts will open two hours later than usual on Wednesday morning to allow for any difficulties arising from the weather.
The City of Austin has temporarily closed the Belton Creek Greenbelt and five city golf courses due to wet conditions. The trail is expected to reopen Friday and the golf courses are expected to open Wednesday morning, weather permitting.
Tropical Storm Hermine made landfall Monday, causing more than 30,000 electrical outages in the Brownsville-Harlingen area, as it moved over the Rio Grande and into South Texas. Expected to weaken into tropical depression by Tuesday night, Hermine moved between San Antonio and Austin Tuesday afternoon, shedding heavy rain and high wind gusts in the area.
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National Weather Service advises that heavy rains could cause flash flooding and notes that isolated tornadoes are possible over portions of southeast and central Texas Tuesday.
Tornado warnings were issued at various points throughout Tuesday night. Funnel clouds were reportedly spotted, but as of Tuesday night, there were no official reports of tornados.
"Hermine is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 4 to 8 inches with possible isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches, from the middle Texas coast northward through Central Texas, and over central and eastern Oklahoma," according a NWS public advisory."
Rain totals may exceed 2 to 3 inches in some areas. Portions west of Austin could see as much as 5 to 7 inches of rain, and areas from west Travis County to Burnet County could very well see the worst of it, starting at sunset Tuesday and ending at sunrise Wednesday.
Image of Texas coast early Tuesday courtesy of KTRK.
News 8 meteorologists said wind gusts may exceed 25 to 30 mph. A wind advisory will be in effect from 10 a.m. Tuesday through midnight Wednesday.
The wet weather also caused about 500 power outages in the southeast, west and north Austin Tuesday morning and more than 1,600 outages in northwest Austin in the afternoon. Austin Energy has resolved most of those problems. Call (512) 322-9100 to report an outage in your area.
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