Parts of Hays, Travis and Williamson counties have seen 1 to 6 inches of rain in the last 48 hours.[/caption]

The Lower Colorado River Authority says it is monitoring the Central Texas lake levels, but so far, there is no cause for concern.

“We haven’t seen much increase [in the lake levels] so far, but if the rain continues, that could change,” said Clara Tuma, public information officer with LCRA. She said the soil has been so dry lately that the rain has soaked into the ground.

The area has been under a flash food watch since Monday, with parts of Travis and Hays counties under a flash flood warning on Tuesday morning. The flash flood watch is expected to last until Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service.

NWS Meteorologist Steve Smart said the weather disturbance is moving slowly across the central part of Texas.

“Radar continues to show rounds of showers with light to moderate rainfall occurring across the area,” he said. “This pattern is going to be slow to change, and any shower and thunderstorm activity that forms generally will be slow moving, and that means that any heavy rainfall that occurs over an area could receive torrential downpours and some really heavy rainfall rates.”

NWS meteorologists are predicting a 20 to 40 percent chance of rain until Monday.

Parts of Central Texas have seen as much as 6.36 inches of rain in the last 48 hours, the LCRA reports.

As of about 7 a.m. Tuesday, Lake Travis was at 678.61 feet mean sea level and is expected to slowly rise to 679 feet mean sea level over the next 24 hours, according to LCRA.

As of about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Lake Austin sat at 492.34 mean sea level and LCRA said it is expected to remain within its normal operating range.