Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2026

River Flood Warning 38, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 16, 2026Blanco County, Gillespie County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2026, 5:35 AM CDT for Blanco County, Gillespie County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 16, 2026, 8:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2026, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2026, 8:28 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 16, 2026, 8:32 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Blanco County, TX, Gillespie County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Pedernales River at Fredericksburg (FRBT2).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08152900, 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 16, 1:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 1:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 8:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Medina	19 hr
Jul 15, 8:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Real	7 hr
Jul 15, 9:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards	4 hr
Jul 15, 9:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson	5 hr
Jul 15, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Bexar	26 min
Jul 15, 11:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	10 hr
Jul 16, 12:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde, Zavala	29 min
Jul 16, 12:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bandera, Kerr	5 hr
Jul 16, 1:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Kerr	27 hr
Jul 16, 1:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr	9 hr
Jul 16, 1:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	80 min
Jul 16, 1:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	34 min
Jul 16, 2:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bandera, Kerr, Real	14 hr
Jul 16, 2:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	33 min
Jul 16, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	47 min
Jul 16, 3:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	EWX	Kerr	12 hr
Jul 16, 3:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	44 min
Jul 16, 3:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	14 min
Jul 16, 3:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	15 hr
Jul 16, 3:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Kendall	28 hr
Jul 16, 3:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	50 min
Jul 16, 3:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	44 min
Jul 16, 4:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	EWX	Uvalde	6 hr
Jul 16, 4:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Kinney	50 min
Jul 16, 4:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde	12 hr
Jul 16, 4:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	40 min
Jul 16, 5:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Real, Uvalde	15 min
Jul 16, 5:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	EWX	Kendall, Kerr	14 hr
Jul 16, 5:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Edwards, Real, Uvalde	52 min
Jul 16, 5:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Bandera, Real, Uvalde	28 min
Jul 16, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	39 min
Jul 16, 6:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Kinney	52 min
Jul 16, 6:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Real, Uvalde	32 min
Jul 16, 6:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Kinney	38 min
Jul 16, 7:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	47 min
Jul 16, 7:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Blanco	26 hr
Jul 16, 8:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Comal	40 hr
Jul 16, 8:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	EWX	Uvalde	19 hr
Jul 16, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Llano	59 hr
Jul 16, 8:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	EWX	Blanco, Gillespie	13 hr
Jul 16, 8:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Kerr, Real	8 hr
Jul 16, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Maverick	60 hr
Jul 16, 10:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Comal, Kendall	12 hr
Jul 16, 11:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Gillespie	5 hr
Jul 16, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal	41 min
Jul 16, 3:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kerr	19 hr
Jul 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie	2 hr
Jul 16, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	43 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Kerr, Real	18 hr
Jul 16, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	27 min
Jul 16, 4:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Gillespie	4 hr
Jul 16, 4:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde	7 hr
Jul 16, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Real	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.