Flood Watch — Lee + 4 more areasFlood Watch — Lee + 4 more areas
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Flood Watch left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Lee; Fayette; Karnes; De Witt; Lavaca. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Oct 1, 2026 · 3:55 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 2, 2026 · 1:35 AM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 9 hours, 40 minutes
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Lee; Fayette; Karnes; De Witt; Lavaca
- Official expiration
- Oct 2, 2026 · 7:00 AM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Affected Texas areas
- Lee; Fayette; Karnes; De Witt; Lavaca
- Effective
- 2026-10-01T15:50:00-05:00
- Expires
- 2026-10-02T07:00:00-05:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS Austin/San Antonio TX
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
Latest official-source information
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...DeWitt, Fayette, Karnes, Lavaca and Lee.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...There is a potential for life threatening flooding
somewhere in the watch area. Excessive runoff may result in
flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and
flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their
banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
Low-water crossings may be flooded. Extensive street flooding and
flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Additional rainfall totals of 1-4 inches with isolated amounts of
6 inches possible.
- Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Cuero, Yoakum, Giddings, La Grange, Kenedy, Karnes City,
Schulenburg, Hallettsville, Yorktown, Shiner, Flatonia,
Lexington, Moulton, Runge, Falls City, Nordheim, Fayetteville,
Dime Box and Round Top.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
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