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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT for Bexar County, Comal County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bexar County, TX, Comal County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Ssw Smithson Valley, TX | Farm to Market Road 1863 at Cibolo Creek is flooded and impassable. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 100 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 232 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358
WGUS54 KEWX 141000
FFWEWX
TXC029-091-141500-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0059.260714T1000Z-260714T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
500 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026
The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
North Central Bexar County in south central Texas...
Southwestern Comal County in south central Texas...
* Until 1000 AM CDT.
* At 500 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
San Antonio, New Braunfels, Schertz, Canyon Lake, Fair Oaks Ranch,
Bulverde, Garden Ridge, Smithson Valley, Timberwood Park, Spring
Branch, Guadalupe River State Park, Anhalt, Specht Store and Honey
Creek State Natural Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 2976 9862 2980 9858 2981 9856 2983 9854
2985 9851 2988 9847 2977 9816 2961 9829
2968 9840 2970 9844 2975 9863
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
621 follow-up statement
646
WGUS74 KEWX 141455
FFSEWX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
955 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026
TXC029-091-141505-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-260714T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bexar TX-Comal TX-
955 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL BEXAR AND SOUTHWESTERN COMAL COUNTIES...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT Thursday for a
portion of south central Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 2976 9862 2980 9858 2981 9856 2983 9854
2985 9851 2988 9847 2977 9816 2961 9829
2968 9840 2970 9844 2975 9863
$$
05What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 14, 1:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Updated at 126 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026
- There is a potential for life threatening flooding across parts of South Central Texas this evening through Thursday evening
- Flood Watch remains in effect for a good portion of South Central Texas through Thursday evening
- Stay weather aware and check for updates as we go through this wet and significant rain pattern
- Dry weather returns for the upcoming weekend
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 131 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 126 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026 - There is a potential for life threatening flooding across parts of South Central Texas this evening through Thursday evening - Flood Watch remains in effect for a good portion of South Central Texas through Thursday evening - Stay weather aware and check for updates as we go through this wet and significant rain pattern - Dry weather returns for the upcoming weekend && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Wednesday) Issued at 126 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026 Numerous Flood Advisories and Warnings are currently ongoing across the area this evening. Expect this trend to continue overnight as we remain in an extremely moist airmass. Recent Upper air analysis shows a strong ridge over most of the western half of the country with a closed high over the northern plains into the upper midwest. The 500mb flow over Texas however is from the west while the low level flow continues to be from the southeast across South-Central Texas. With the upper ridge over the northern plains, a trough is now located over our area helping to ignite and fuel convection over the area. Rain chances will continue overnight and only increase during the afternoon with PW values already exceeding over two inches over most of the area. Along with these high values, weak wind shear will lead to slow moving and erratic storm motion that could eventually lead to training storms. This will continue to lead to increasing chances for locally heavy rainfall and possible flooding to continue into Wednesday. Rainfall totals for the short term period will range from a widespread 2-6 inches with isolated higher amounts possible upwards of 10 to 15 inches somewhere in the watch area particularly over the Rio Grande Plains, southern Edwards Plateau and western Hill Country. This is likely to be a multi rainfall event with several rounds of heavy rainfall during the short term period and continuing into the Thursday time frame. A Flood Watch remains in effect until 7pm Thursday evening. There is a potential for life threatening flooding somewhere in the watch area and we urge residents and visitors of South Central Texas to stay weather aware and check on weather updates. That being said, WPC has included most of our CWA in the Level 2 of 4 (Slight) risk for excessive rainfall for our entire area with a level 3 of 4 (Moderate) risk for the southern Edwards Plateau into Bexar County(including the San Antonio metro) and parts of the western Hill Country for Today. Many of the same areas are in a level 3 of 4 (Moderate) risk for excessive rainfall again for Wednesday and continuing into Thursday. Temperatures will be several degrees below normal through the period due to the extensive cloud cover and rain cooled areas. Today's and Wednesday's highs will be cooler with most of the CWA not reaching 90 degrees. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday night through Monday) Issued at 126 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026 Our wet pattern continues into Thursday with the mid to upper level disturbance over west Texas staying put, in addition, pulses of energy will be coming in from the southwest flow aloft. PW will remain unusually high, however locally heavy rain will continue to remain possible. WPC keeps the western half of our area (Rio Grande Plains and southern Edwards Plateau) in a level 2 of 4 (slight) risk for excessive rainfall with a level 1 of 4(marginal) risk across the western Hill Country and parts of Bexar county. Depending on how this activity evolves will determine if we continue to see elevated flooding potential continuing into the first half of Friday. By late week the upper pattern should start to readjust, however we will likely still be somewhat unstable and low rain chances will continue at least out in our western areas until Friday. The weekend looks to be drier at this point. With all of the cloudiness and rain, high temperatures will continue to remain cooler with highs not reaching 90 over most of the area and staying below normal through Friday. We should see temperatures moderate as we get to Saturday with the return of 90s and more seasonable temps expected into early next week. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 103 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026 Active period continues today with higher confidence in TSRA confined to the SAT, SSF and DRT terminals through early this morning. Activity looks to spread northward toward AUS around 12Z, but will likely need to adjust pending radar and hi-res model trends. The more persistent activity is expected farther west at DRT through most of the forecast period. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 85 73 85 72 / 90 40 70 60 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 85 73 85 72 / 90 40 80 60 New Braunfels Muni Airport 86 73 84 72 / 80 40 80 70 Burnet Muni Airport 83 71 84 70 / 90 40 70 60 Del Rio Intl Airport 84 71 84 71 / 90 70 80 90 Georgetown Muni Airport 84 71 86 71 / 90 40 70 50 Hondo Muni Airport 84 72 82 70 / 90 60 80 80 San Marcos Muni Airport 86 73 84 72 / 80 40 80 60 La Grange - Fayette Regional 84 74 85 74 / 90 20 60 40 San Antonio Intl Airport 85 74 83 73 / 80 50 80 70 Stinson Muni Airport 86 74 84 73 / 80 40 80 70 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch through Thursday evening for TXZ171>173-183>192- 202>206-217>219-228. && SHORT TERM...CJM LONG TERM....CJM AVIATION...Platt
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:33 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
433 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM Flash Flood 10 SSE Hill Country Sta 29.50N 99.11W
07/14/2026 Medina TX Public
TX 173 impassable at this location due to
flooding.
&&
MBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kerr | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 17 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 13 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 12 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 11 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 9 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Real | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 9 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 69 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 days |
| Jul 14, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 days |
| Jul 14, 9:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 days |
| Jul 14, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 days |
| Jul 14, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 days |
| Jul 14, 11:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 8 days |
| Jul 14, 2:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 47 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 45 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 11 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 20 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.