Thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain are in the forecast from late Monday afternoon through most of the day Tuesday.  The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mason, McCulloch, Nolan, San Saba, Shackelford, Taylor and Throckmorton counties.  The watch goes into effect at 7:00 pm this Monday evening and continues through Tuesday morning.  Additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches, on top of already saturated soils, may lead to flash flooding.  Flooding may also occur in urban and poor drainage areas.

According to KOXE Meteorologist Randy Turner, storms are forecast to develop prior to sunset in the Brown and Coleman county area and may quickly become severe.  “I encourage everyone to monitor for severe storms which will be capable of large hail, damaging wind and very heavy rain.  Isolated tornadoes are also possible and can’t be ruled out,” Turner said.  Other storms are forecast to develop between Abilene and Lubbock and would tend to move into the Brownwood area into the overnight hours.