WATCH: Austin Police Body Cam Shows Dramatic Water Rescue

AUSTIN, TX — Police on Tuesday released dramatic body cam footage showing the moments leading up to the rescue of a woman and her dog before a vehicle was carried away by flood waters sparked by this past weekend's heavy downpours.

Police responded to a low water crossing along Old Bee Caves Road amid reports of a woman in distress heard loudly crying in a car trapped in flood waters. Upon arrival, officers spotted a vehicle containing three human occupants and a canine amid raging runoff. The video shows the car on the verge of being swept away as it inched closer to the edge of a bridge.

With the first two occupants extricated from the vehicle, officers closed in to rescue a third person and a dog when the vehicle lurched forward with the force of raging flood waters. Risking his own life, one officer tethered himself to a rope in reaching the trapped woman still inside the car as his counterparts hold on to the rope tightly.

Safe in the officer's clutches, the woman is pulled to safety as the gripping footage vividly shows. She stands on safer ground while coaxing her dazed dog to join her on drier ground moments before the vehicle is seen going over the side of the bridge.

The body cam video dramatically illustrates the perils of driving past low-water crossings. Despite repeated warnings from public safety officials, some drivers still believe their vehicles can pass over such sites only to die in the process. Those in the videotaped rescue were lucky, as they could've perished in flood waters had officers arrived one minute later than they did.

More rain is scheduled this week after consecutive recent weekends marked by heavy downpours. The damp earth from recent rainfall serves to enhance the chances of flash flooding given the inability it yields in allowing new precipitation from immediately dissipating. As such, motorists are urged to heed emergency officials' warnings on the perils of driving over low water crossings.

Be advised that even more rain is forecast each day this week leading to Sunday, with some storms predicted to be severe. Here's the National Weather Service day-to-day forecast for the coming days:

• Tuesday night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70 degrees. South southeast wind around 10 miles per hour.
• Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could be severe. Cloudy, with a high near 81 degrees. South wind between 10 miles per hour and 15 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Wednesday night calls for a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 a.m. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69 degrees. Winds will be from the south between 5 miles per hour and 10 miles per hour.
• Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82 degrees. South southwest wind 5 miles per hour to 10 mph becoming north northeast. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Showers and thunderstorms also are likely Thursday night, with some of the storms potentially producing heavy rainfall. Thursday night is expected to be cloudy, with a low around 58 degrees. North northeast wind between 10 miles per hour and 15 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 20 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.
• Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 66 degrees. North/northeast wind will be around 15 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 20 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Friday night will bring likely showers and thunderstorms under cloudy skies with a low around 60 degrees. North northeast wind around 10 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.
• Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 74 degrees. North wind around 10 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Saturday night calls for a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60 degrees. North wind is expected to blow between 5 miles per hour and 10 miles per hour.

By Sunday, rain-weary Central Texans will get a break from further downpours with partly sunny conditions predicted and a forecast high near 78. Yet Sunday night is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low around 62, ushering in chances for even more rainfall by Monday and Tuesday of next week — at 30 percent and 40 percent chance, respectively.

Drivers are urged to check ATXFloods.com during heavy rainfall for a map denoting which crossings are passable and which are closed to traffic. Road conditions can be viewed in real time during inclement weather at DriveTexas.org.

Short of that, revisit this video in assessing the dangers of heavy, flash-flood-inducing — and potentially deadly — rainfall in Texas so common this time of year. Never underestimate the power of flood waters or be dismissive of that oft-repeated mantra uttered across Texas and beyond: Turn Around, Don't Drown. It's no empty slogan, but four words that could save a life in the reminding.