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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
828 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
LLANO RIVER AT LLANO AFFECTING LLANO COUNTY.
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
PEDERNALES RIVER AT FREDERICKSBURG AFFECTING BLANCO AND GILLESPIE
COUNTIES.
PEDERNALES RIVER AT JOHNSON CITY AFFECTING BLANCO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER, TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY 230 AM CDT.
TXC299-170730-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FL.W.0041.260716T2317Z-260718T0200Z/
/LLAT2.2.ER.260716T2317Z.260717T0200Z.260717T1400Z.NO/
828 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LLANO RIVER AT LLANO.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING MAKES SECONDARY
ROADS AND LOW BRIDGES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS
INCLUDING THE LOW WATER CROSSING OF RANCH ROAD 3404/SLAB ROAD NEAR
KINGSLAND. EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE MOVED FROM LOW DOCKS AND BOAT TIES
LOOSENED DOWNSTREAM IN KINGSLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 12.3 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.1 FEET ON 05/29/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
LLANO RIVER
LLANO 10.0 6.6 THU 8 AM CDT 10.2 6.9 4.7
LAT...LON 3067 9896 3075 9896 3079 9852 3058 9824
3049 9829 3066 9855
TXC031-171-170730-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FL.W.0038.260716T1328Z-260717T1107Z/
/FRBT2.3.ER.260716T1228Z.260716T1700Z.260716T2307Z.NO/
828 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...PEDERNALES RIVER AT FREDERICKSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 32.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD MAJOR FLOODING OF SECONDARY AND
PRIMARY ROADS, LOW BRIDGES AND CROSSINGS IN THE HEADWATERS ABOVE
FREDERICKSBURG MAKE THEM VERY DANGEROUS. DESTRUCTIVE FLOODING AT
LBJ NATIONAL PARK DOWNSTREAM WILL BE TEN FEET OVER THE PARK ROAD
49 BRIDGE AT LBJ NATIONAL PARK. MANY PARK SIGNS AND FENCES ARE
DESTROYED AND PARK ROADS DAMAGED. THIS FLOW EXCEEDS THE USGS 1:10
YEAR FLOOD LEVEL.
AT 36.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING IS NEAR THE USGS 1:25 YEAR LEVEL.
LOWEST BUILDINGS NEAR HIGHWAY 87 ARE THREATENED AS WELL AS THE
HIGHWAY 87 BRIDGE APPROACHES. MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURS DOWNSTEAM AT
LBJ NATIONAL PARK TO SIGNS, FENCES, ROADS AND THE JUNCTION
SCHOOL. WIDEPREAD SCOURING OF ROADS AND BRIDGES OCCURS FROM THE
HEADWATERS TO BELOW STONEWALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY WAS 28.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 33.7
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
34.4 FEET ON 06/01/1979.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
PEDERNALES RIVER
FREDERICKSBURG 22.0 28.2 THU 8 AM CDT 10.8 8.2 7.8
LAT...LON 3017 9895 3025 9896 3034 9841 3026 9841
TXC031-170730-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FL.W.0039.260716T1909Z-260717T2230Z/
/JOCT2.3.ER.260716T1909Z.260717T0100Z.260717T1030Z.NO/
828 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PEDERNALES RIVER AT JOHNSON CITY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING REACHES SECONDARY
ROADS, CROSSINGS AND LOW BRIDGES. LOW AREAS OF LBJ NATIONAL PARK
UPSTREAM ARE FLOODED. SWIMMERS AND RECREATIONISTS SHOULD LEAVE THE
RIVER DOWNSTREAM IN PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK.
AT 17.0 FEET, MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING MAKES SECONDARY ROADS,
BRIDGES AND LOW CROSSINGS VERY DANGEROUS. SWIMMERS AND
RECREATIONISTS SHOULD MOVE FROM THE FLOOD PLAIN DOWNSTREAM IN
PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK. NEAR THE USGS 1:2 YEAR FLOOD.
AT 19.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING MAKES SECONDARY AND PRIMARY ROADS
BELOW STONEWALL TO LAKE TRAVIS VERY DANGEROUS. LOW PARK AREAS
DOWNSTREAM IN PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK FLOOD.
AT 22.0 FEET, SECONDARY ROADS, BRIDGES AND CROSSINGS ARE
DANGEROUSLY FLOODED NEAR THE PEDERNALES RIVER. LOW AREAS OF
PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK ARE FLOODED AND DANGEROUS. FENCING AND
ROADS ARE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 21.1 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
21.4 FEET ON 05/30/1995.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
PEDERNALES RIVER
JOHNSON CITY 14.0 11.6 THU 8 AM CDT 12.6 10.9 10.7
LAT...LON 3026 9841 3034 9841 3037 9818 3046 9809
3041 9802 3031 9812
CM
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