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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 14, 2026Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 14, 2026, 11:06 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 14, 2026, 11:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2026, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 14, 2026, 11:35 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 14, 2026, 2:52 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Uvalde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabinal River at Sabinal (SABT2). The gauge peaked at 18.67 ft at Jul 15, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08198500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 14, 6:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Updated at 601 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, 6:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
614 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 601 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...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 601 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

Convective trends are filling in over the I-35 sites and have made
adjustments to go with TEMPO TSRA for the next few hours. Cigs
have also been lowered into IFR with TSRA. We will keep the PROB30
groups along I-35 for the possibility of another round of
afternoon storms as daytime heating helps destabilize the
atmosphere. Out west at DRT, we have made some minor adjustments
to delay the onset of TSRA, but radar trends and models still show
good chances for convection here as well.

&&

.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, 7:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
709 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

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

0640 AM     Flash Flood      6 SSW Smithson Valley   29.73N 98.36W
07/14/2026                   Bexar              TX   NWS Employee

            Farm to Market Road 1863 at Cibolo Creek is
            flooded and impassable.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
747 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

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

0746 AM     Flash Flood      8 ENE Hondo             29.39N 99.02W
07/14/2026                   Medina             TX   Emergency Mngr

            Numerous County Roads are flooded across
            Medina County. Four high water rescues have
            been reported so far.

&&

JR
Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
748 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

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

0748 AM     Flash Flood      1 WSW Knippa            29.29N 99.65W
07/14/2026                   Uvalde             TX   Emergency Mngr

            Water is reported over U.S. 90 near Knippa.

&&

JR
Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
750 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

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

0749 AM     Flash Flood      2 NNW Sabinal           29.34N 99.48W
07/14/2026                   Uvalde             TX   Emergency Mngr

            One high water rescue reported on TX 127. 7
            of rainfall has occurred in 4 hours near
            this spot.

&&

JR
Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:26 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1026 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

TXZ202-217-141615-
Maverick TX-Kinney TX-
1026 AM CDT Tue Jul 14 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Kinney and
northeastern Maverick Counties through 1115 AM CDT...

At 1026 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles west of Spofford, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Spofford, Anacacho, Darling, and Laughlin AFB Aux Field.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 2913 10069 2929 10061 2916 10011 2908 10011
      2890 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 292DEG 25KT 2919 10057

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie3 hr
Jul 13, 7:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKerr3 hr
Jul 13, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBandera, Kerr4 hr
Jul 13, 8:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKerr6 hr
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Bexar, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde4 hr
Jul 13, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina4 hr
Jul 13, 10:58 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXMedina17 hr
Jul 14, 1:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina3 hr
Jul 14, 2:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXZavala3 hr
Jul 14, 3:07 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde13 hr
Jul 14, 3:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Comal7 hr
Jul 14, 3:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFrio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala4 hr
Jul 14, 4:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXVal Verde4 hr
Jul 14, 4:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kerr4 hr
Jul 14, 4:09 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXUvalde12 hr
Jul 14, 4:23 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBandera7 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Comal4 hr
Jul 14, 4:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kerr, Real7 hr
Jul 14, 5:00 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBexar, Comal5 hr
Jul 14, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXUvalde11 hr
Jul 14, 7:05 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXFrio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala9 hr
Jul 14, 7:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Real4 hr
Jul 14, 7:58 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXEdwards, Kinney, Uvalde9 hr
Jul 14, 8:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBandera69 hr
Jul 14, 8:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette, Lee4 hr
Jul 14, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 days
Jul 14, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 days
Jul 14, 9:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Kinney, Val Verde4 hr
Jul 14, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXUvalde4 days
Jul 14, 9:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXUvalde4 days
Jul 14, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney49 min
Jul 14, 10:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXUvalde3 days
Jul 14, 1:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXFrio8 days
Jul 14, 2:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar47 hr
Jul 14, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXUvalde45 hr
Jul 14, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXMedina11 hr
Jul 14, 6:20 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXBexar, Comal, Kendall4 hr
Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.