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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
413 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR SPRING BRANCH AFFECTING COMAL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER, TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO HIGHER GROUND.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING BY 1015 AM CDT.
TXC091-171515-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FL.W.0040.260716T2351Z-260718T0118Z/
/SRGT2.3.ER.260716T2351Z.260717T0300Z.260717T1318Z.NO/
413 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR SPRING BRANCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 28.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING EXTENDS INTO LOWEST
AREAS OF GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK. SWIMMING, TUBING, AND
CANOEING ABOVE GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK TO CANYON LAKE IS
DANGEROUS EXCEPT WITH COMMERCIAL OUTFITTERS.
AT 30.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING RISES INTO THE FLOOD PLAIN AT
GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK DAMAGING TABLES, TRASH CANS AND CAMPING
EQUIPMENT. SWIMMING AND ANY RECREATION IN THE RIVER IS EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS WITH TURBULENCE, TREES AND TRASH IN THE WATER.
AT 36.0 FEET, MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING REACHES SECONDARY ROADS
AND LOW BRIDGES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. RECREATIONISTS SHOULD EVACUATE
THE RIVER BANKS BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS TURBULENT FLOW. LOW SECTIONS
OF GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK HAVE TABLES, TRASH CANS, AND
EQUIPMENT DAMAGED. LOWEST HOMES IN KENDALL COUNTY TO CANYON LAKE
FLOOD.
AT 39.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING REACHES SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW
BRIDGES NEAR THE RIVER MAKING THEM EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO
MOTORISTS. THE LOWEST RESIDENCES FLOOD FROM KENDALL COUNTY TO
CANYON LAKE. PICNIC AND CAMPING FACILITIES IN GUADALUPE RIVER
STATE PARK UPSTREAM ARE SEVERELY FLOODED. ROADS, MARINAS, AND MANY
PARKS AND FACILITIES AT CANYON LAKE FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING
TO 40.1 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
42.1 FEET ON 07/03/1932.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (4 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
GUADALUPE RIVER
SPRING BRANCH 30.0 8.8 THU 3 PM CDT 18.4 6.8 6.4
LAT...LON 2983 9839 2990 9840 2994 9830 2987 9829
CM
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