Texas, 2025

Flash Flood in Texas, July 6, 2025

July 6, 2025 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A persistent mid-level anticyclonic circulation remained over Texas and generated thunderstorms over South-Central Texas. Some of these storms produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.

A persistent mid-level anticyclonic circulation remained over Texas and generated thunderstorms over South-Central Texas. Some of these storms produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 6, 1:33 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:33 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
233 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
Issued at 230 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

A mid level MCV and unusually moist airmass, with PWs of 1.7 to
2.4 inches, remain in place over our area. We're seeing showers
and thunderstorms develop across the CWA and expect this to
continue until this evening. With the high PW and slow cell
motion, locally heavy rain will be possible. A Flood Watch
remains in effect for the Hill Country and I-35 Corridor.
Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected with isolated
amounts up to 10 inches possible. This rain will aggravate
ongoing flooding and likely create new flooding as soils are
saturated making runoff more rapid. The heaviest rain is
expected over the Hill Country to along the I-35 corridor. The
MCV will weaken some by Monday with only a slight decrease in
moisture/PWs. Showers and thunderstorms may be less focused and
have only slight chances on Monday. The clouds and rain areas
will keep daytime temperatures below to well below average.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 230 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

The mid level feature will be replaced by an inverted trough
moving onto the Texas coast Tuesday keeping moisture levels
elevated. The blended guidance has caught on to the trends of
the last several model runs and indicates low chances of showers
and thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and again Wednesday
afternoon. This will spread from the Coastal Plains to the Hill
Country. The blended model solution shows the subtropical ridge
building over the region over the latter part of the week
bringing dry and warmer weather.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 230 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

Opted to go with PROB30s to account for uncertainty with -TSRA
timing and coverage. Ultimately, any storm that forms would bring
extreme rainfall rates and a reduction in visibilities. Winds should
remain southeasterly at about 10 kts through the evening before
falling to less than 5 kts overnight. Have kept vicinity showers in
play as well through today and into the overnight hours. MVFR
ceilings return after 9-10Z Monday morning and stick around through
late morning Monday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              74  92  74  93 /  30  20   0  20
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  74  91  74  93 /  30  20   0  20
New Braunfels Muni Airport     74  92  73  93 /  30  20   0  20
Burnet Muni Airport            73  89  72  90 /  20  20   0  10
Del Rio Intl Airport           77  94  76  95 /  10  10   0   0
Georgetown Muni Airport        74  90  74  91 /  20  20   0  10
Hondo Muni Airport             74  90  73  91 /  20  10   0  10
San Marcos Muni Airport        74  92  73  93 /  30  20   0  20
La Grange - Fayette Regional   75  91  74  92 /  10  30   0  30
San Antonio Intl Airport       76  91  75  92 /  30  10   0  20
Stinson Muni Airport           76  93  74  94 /  30  10   0  20

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch until 7 PM CDT this evening for Bandera-Bastrop-
Bexar-Blanco-Burnet-Caldwell-Comal-Gillespie-Guadalupe-Hays-
Kendall-Kerr-Lee-Llano-Medina-Travis-Williamson.
&&

Short-Term...05
Long-Term...05
Aviation...MMM

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Gillespie

When
July 6, 3:30 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
Where
Gillespie County, 2.23 mi WNW of Fredericksburg Arpt to 2.18 mi WNW of Fredericksburg Arpt
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
30.263, -98.954

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several points on Hayden Ranch Rd. west of Fredericksburg.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1278722.