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Flood Watch 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 5, 202616 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this flood watch at Jun 5, 2026, 1:25 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2026, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 5, 12:26 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 12:26 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1208 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     Flash Flood      1 NW Olmos Park         29.49N 98.50W
06/05/2026                   Bexar              TX   Broadcast Media

            High-water rescue just after 7 AM involving
            a man carried 100 ft downstream by
            floodwaters to near San Pedro Ave and Basse
            Rd.

&&

HT

Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1223 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     Flash Flood      1 S San Antonio         29.41N 98.50W
06/05/2026                   Bexar              TX   Broadcast Media

            Stalled vehicle reported on Alamo and
            Probandt.

0737 AM     Flash Flood      1 NE Castle Hills       29.53N 98.51W
06/05/2026                   Bexar              TX   County Official

            Lockhill Selma at Gardenview closed due to
            water over the road.

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick	111 min
Jun 5, 5:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	116 min
Jun 5, 6:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bexar	113 min
Jun 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Lee, Williamson	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	49 min
Jun 5, 5:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	32 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	7 hr
Jun 5, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	DeWitt, Lavaca	4 hr
Jun 5, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	52 min
Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Travis, Williamson	4 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.