- Heavy downpours dumped up to a foot of rain across rural parts of South Texas on Tuesday, prompting dozens of high-water rescues and a disaster declaration from Gov. Greg Abbott for dozens of counties.
- The National Weather Service warned that storms expected overnight could add more than a foot of additional rain into Wednesday, creating what it described as a dangerous flash flooding threat through Thursday.
- No deaths or injuries were immediately reported from Tuesday’s storms, officials said.
- The flood watch included Kerr County, where catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River last year killed more than 100 people.
National Weather Service warns of dangerous flash flooding threat through Thursday
Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists on Tuesday as storms dumped up to a foot of rain in some rural areas, prompting emergency crews to conduct dozens of high-water rescues across the region.
Officials shut down portions of a busy highway near Uvalde, about 80 miles west of San Antonio, for hours after floodwaters covered the roadway. No deaths or injuries were immediately reported from the storms, according to authorities.
The worst of the weather is expected to arrive overnight, the National Weather Service said. Forecasters warned that storms overnight could dump more than a foot of additional rain in some places into Wednesday, creating what the agency described as “a dangerous flash flooding threat” through Thursday.
“Intense rain rates and compounding effects from multiple rounds of storms will result in a dangerous flash flooding threat through Thursday,” the National Weather Service said.
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for dozens of counties.
The flood watch also covered Kerr County, where catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River last year killed more than 100 people.