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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1046 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WEST CENTRAL KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 345 AM CDT.
* AT 1046 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN OVER A REGION THAT HAS SEEN 7 TO 13 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
PAST 48 TO 72 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEAKEY, TUFF, LOST MAPLES STATE NATURAL AREA, RIO FRIO AND PRADE
RANCH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CHERRY CREEK, EAST FRIO RIVER, CAMP WOOD CREEK, SOUTH CAMP WOOD
CREEK, FRIO RIVER, BULLHEAD CREEK, SYCAMORE CREEK, LITTLE DRY FRIO
CREEK, WALNUT CREEK, NORTH PRONG MEDINA RIVER, LAKE CREEK, MARE
CREEK, WEST SABINAL RIVER, NORTH PRONG CYPRESS CREEK, SOUTH FORK
GUADALUPE RIVER, ASH CREEK, SPRING BRANCH, SHORT KENT CREEK,
GRAPEVINE CREEK, SOUTH CEDAR CREEK, FLAT CREEK, LONG KENT CREEK,
LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK, DRY FRIO RIVER, BLUFF CREEK, MEDINA RIVER,
INDIAN CREEK, BRUSHY CREEK, JOY CREEK, MARLER CREEK, PAILING
CREEK, SOUTH FORK NORTH PRONG MEDINA RIVER, SABINAL RIVER,
PATTERSON CREEK, PAINT CREEK, CEDAR CREEK, RANCH CREEK AND NUECES
RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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 2963 9961 2962 10001 3007 9969 2992 9950
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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