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WGUS74 KEWX 162118
FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
418 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
TXC171-162128-
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GILLESPIE TX-
418 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES BUT NO LONGER CONSIDERED AN
EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTY...
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE BUT WILL NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED A
LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY AS THE PEDERNALES RIVER RECEDES. HOWEVER,
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR A
PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3027 9821 3025 9837 3025 9849 3020 9859
3024 9859 3025 9859 3027 9859 3030 9859
3035 9851 3034 9839 3037 9817
TXC031-162130-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLANCO TX-
418 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PEDERNALES RIVER
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL BLANCO COUNTY...
AT 418 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PEDERNALES RIVER. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY, ROCKY CREEK, PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK, HYE AND
LBJ STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3027 9821 3025 9837 3025 9849 3020 9859
3024 9859 3025 9859 3027 9859 3030 9859
3035 9851 3034 9839 3037 9817
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
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