888  
ACUS43 KWBC 151456  
SCCNS3  
 
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
1100 AM EDT WED JUL 15 2026  
 
...MULTIPLE DAYS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF TEXAS,  
PARTICULARLY THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...  
 
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT EXTENDING ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL  
COUNTRY, WESTWARD THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS IN THE TRANS-PECOS  
OF THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.  
 
THERE ARE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR  
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY IN  
CENTRAL TEXAS.  
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES, WARNINGS  
AND ADVISORIES, PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV  
 
AT 1000 AM EDT...A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS CONTINUES TO  
RESIDE IN PROXIMITY TO AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTED STATIONARY FRONTAL  
ZONE ACROSS EASTERN TO WESTERN TEXAS. THE FRONT RESIDES ALONG THE  
SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A BROAD MID-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE  
EASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH VERY WEAK FLOW ALLOWING  
FOR VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. EACH CYCLE COMES WITH HIGH  
RAINFALL RATES AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS IN  
SHORT-DURATION RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS. REPEATED  
DAYS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PRIOR CYCLES HAVE RESULTED IN HIGH  
RAINFALL TOTALS (SEE BELOW) ALSO RESULTING IN BROADENING RIVERINE  
FLOODING.  
 
...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 PM  
EDT TUE JUL 13 THROUGH 900 AM EDT THU JUL 15...  
   
..TEXAS  
 
UVALDE 10 NNE 14.65 HADS  
CAMP WOOD 9.6 ESE 12.09  
SECO CREEK NEAR D'HANIS 11.28 HADS  
WEST NUECES RIV. NEAR BRACKETTVILLE 10.99 HADS  
CONCAN 0.7 S 9.79  
CONCAN 4.4 SE 8.73  
FRIO RIV. NEAR UVALDE 8.30 HADS  
UTOPIA 2.2 WSW 8.18  
GAUSE 2.5 W 7.17  
CAMP WOOD 3.5 WSW 6.72  
KERRVILLE AP 6.34 ASOS/AWOS  
CAMERON 1E 6.30  
KERRVILLE 6.19 CWOP  
LEAKEY 0.5 E 6.14  
COKE STEVENSON RANCH 5.95 TWDB  
LA GRANGE 4.7 E 5.80  
CONROE 1.9 SW 5.50  
MILANO 5.2 SSE 5.50  
BURTON 3.8 N 5.37  
HUNTSVILLE 4.8 NNW 5.13  
BURTON 6.9 SSW 4.89  
BRYAN 1.2 SE 4.82  
MORGAN'S POINT RESORT 0.5 NNE 4.68  
FAIR OAKS RANCH 0.6 WNW 4.50  
CROSS MOUNTAIN 1.2 N 4.36  
THE WOODLANDS 5 NW 4.32  
NEW ULM 6.2 NNW 4.20  
 
VERY SLOW MIGRATION OF THE CORE OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE, WEAK  
MID-LEVEL CYCLONIC WAVES ENHANCED BY ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS IS  
EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE  
ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY INTO THE TRANS PECOS REGION OVER  
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE HIGH MOISTURE WITH SOME SOLAR HEATING WILL  
LIKELY DESTABILIZE WITH MULTIPLE REGENERATIVE CYCLES OF  
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, TONIGHT AND INTO THE NEW FEW DAYS AS IT  
SLOWLY SHIFTS INTO THE TRANS-PECOS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RAINFALL  
RATES OF 2-3"/HR ARE PROBABLE LOCALLY AND OVERALL TOTALS ARE  
LOCALLY REACHING 10-15", THOUGH ADDITIONAL 10-15" ARE POSSIBLE  
LOCALLY THOUGH MAY NOT INTERSECT AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THOSE  
TOTALS ALREADY AND WILL EXPAND THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF HIGHER  
EXTREME RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE COMING DAYS. AS SUCH, THERE IS  
A RARE HIGH RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN EFFECT TODAY INTO EARLY  
TOMORROW FOR MUCH OF THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN HILL  
COUNTRY WITH A SUBSEQUENT MODERATE RISK FOR DAY 2 (THURSDAY INTO  
EARLY FRIDAY) FOR THE SAME GENERAL AREA SHIFTING SLIGHTLY  
WESTWARD.  
 
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION  
CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.  
 
GALLINA  
 
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