Friday Update

Good Evening from Meteorologist Kristen Connolly....

We have seen scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Big Country because of the remnants of Tropical Depression Erin. The storm is currently located just to the west of San Angelo with the heaviest activity staying just to the east of the center. We have seen a lot of activity in our Southern and Western counties and it looks we are going to continue to see the rain.

A Flash Flood watch is in effect for Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Haskell, Taylor, Coke, Runnels, Coleman and Brown counties until tomorrow evening. Also a Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Scurry and Mitchell until tomorrow morning. We are going to continue to see the storm move north/northwest through out the next 36 hours. The highest concentration will be closest to the center but scattered showers and thunderstorms should persist through early Sunday. We could see 1 to 3 inches possible around the area with isolated higher amounts. We will keep an eye on the radar with the potential for Flash Flooding.

By Sunday we should decrease the rain chances with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible. Next week we will keep the clouds around Monday decreasing them through middle of the week. Temperatures will be on a gradual increase with low 90's by next week. We are also keeping a close eye on Hurricane Dean which is a major hurricane in the eastern Caribbean and will be in the Gulf of Mexico by early next week.

Have a good weekend and be careful.