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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 17, 2026Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 17, 2026, 2:31 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 18, 2026, 10:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2026, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 18, 2026, 10:40 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 19, 2026, 5:40 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pecos River at Pandale Crossing (PDAT2).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 17, 1:31 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:31 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 7:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie	12 hr
Jul 16, 10:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Bandera, Kerr, Real	5 hr
Jul 16, 11:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Real	47 min
Jul 17, 12:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Real	36 min
Jul 17, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Real	8 hr
Jul 17, 1:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Edwards	40 min
Jul 17, 1:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards	8 hr
Jul 17, 1:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Uvalde	22 hr
Jul 17, 2:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Edwards, Kerr	6 hr
Jul 17, 3:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Kerr, Real	6 hr
Jul 17, 3:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Uvalde	6 hr
Jul 17, 3:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Goliad, Karnes	3 days
Jul 17, 8:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Kerr, Real	3 hr

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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.