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433 AWUS01 KWNH 041028 FFGMPD TXZ000-041445- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0585 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 627 AM EDT Fri Jul 04 2025 Areas affected...central TX Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely Valid 041025Z - 041445Z Summary...Areas of high Impact flash flooding will continue for at least another 3-5 hour across portions of central TX. Slow to nearly stationary net movement of heavy rain cores will maintain a threat for hourly rainfall in excess of 3 inches in a couple of locations. Considerable to catastrophic flash flood impacts can continue to be expected. Discussion...10Z radar imagery over central TX showed a cluster of slow moving thunderstorms that extended from near San Angelo into southern portions of the Hill Country. Embedded cells within the cluster has exhibited near stationary movement with gauge reports of 13+ inches about 7 miles northwest of San Angelo and 11+ inches in Kerr County since 04Z. A long-lived embedded circulation remained just east of San Angelo but there has been some disruption over the past 30-60 minutes to the heavy rain cores near San Angelo and over Kerr County. The environment remained highly conducive to locally extreme rainfall with high freezing levels of 15-16 kft AGL, PWs of 2.0 to 2.5 inches and up to 1000 J/kg MLCAPE via 10Z SPC mesoanalysis and RAP analysis data. Low level convergence in the vicinity of the slow moving circulation near San Angelo is expected to remain a focus for localized heavy rainfall rates over the next few hours with the axis of heaviest rainfall shifting a bit south and east in the short term. Farther south, newer/smaller cells feeding into the main complex over the Edwards Plateau are indicative of the continued convergence across the region with slow net movement of rainfall cores and MRMS-derived rainfall of 2 to 3+ inches in an hour for a few locations in central TX. The threat for continued higher end flash flooding is expected to remain relatively focused across central TX over the next 3-5 hours at which point movement of the mesoscale circulation and forecast weakening of the low level winds into the Edwards Plateau may begin to decrease or at least shift the heavy rain threat a bit toward the north and east. However, through the remainder of the morning, with area creeks and rivers rapidly rising, a very dangerous situation remains for anybody within the highlighted MPD area. Considerable to locally catastrophic impacts from flash flooding are likely to continue. Otto ...Please see www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...EWX...FWD...MAF...SJT... ATTN...RFC...FWR...NWC... LAT...LON 32389983 32189901 31859845 31409817 30429813 29799848 29239902 29159990 29490039 30230076 31430114 31950102 32300071