Texas Flooding Continues: More Heavy Rain Tonight & Thursday

Serious flooding continues across portions of the Texas Hill Country, Edwards Plateau, Central Texas, and South-Central Texas—and additional rounds of heavy rain are expected tonight into Thursday. A mesoscale convective vortex, or MCV, is helping produce bands of thunderstorms that are repeatedly moving over the same areas. Heavy rain is spreading from Boerne and Johnson City toward the Austin area, while additional storms are developing across North Texas, Southeast Texas, and the Coastal Plains. Travel is strongly discouraged around portions of: • Boerne and Johnson City • Kerrville and Fredericksburg • Gillespie, Kendall, Blanco, Burnet, and Llano counties • Uvalde and Medina counties • The Highway 281 corridor • Central Texas near Interstate 35 • Areas west and northwest of San Antonio Rainfall totals near 10 inches have already been observed around Boerne, while many locations across the Hill Country and Edwards Plateau remain saturated from previous rounds. Additional rain—even light or moderate rain—can quickly worsen flooding because the ground, creeks, streams, rivers, and drainage systems are already overwhelmed. Another round of thunderstorms may develop tonight into Thursday morning. Where the heaviest storms repeatedly affect the same locations, an additional 5–10 inches may fall, with isolated totals of 10–15 inches possible. Potential impacts include: • Rapidly flooded roads and low-water crossings • Major rises on creeks, streams, and rivers • Washed-out or impassable roads • Flooding spreading toward Central Texas and Austin • Additional river flooding near Uvalde and Medina counties • Frequent lightning and gusty winds • A low risk of a brief tornado The exact placement of tonight’s heaviest rain remains uncertain. Small circulations within the larger storm system will determine where bands organize and remain nearly stationary. This means the worst flooding may affect only a few counties—but where those bands develop, conditions could deteriorate very quickly. Rain chances and flooding concerns continue Thursday across the Hill Country, northern Edwards Plateau, and eastern Big Bend. By Friday, the primary rain focus should gradually shift west toward the Big Bend, Permian Basin, and far West Texas. Safety reminders: • Avoid unnecessary travel in flooded areas • Never drive through water covering a road • Have Wireless Emergency Alerts enabled • Keep your phone charged • Monitor conditions upstream if you live near a creek, stream, or river • Follow evacuation instructions from local officials immediately • Report emergency information only when it is safe Please tag Texas Storm Chasers when local emergency management, cities, counties, fire departments, or law-enforcement agencies publish evacuation orders, road closures, shelter information, or other urgent public-safety updates. Interactive radar: https://texasstormchasers.com/radar Free forecasts, radar, warnings, and video updates are also available through the Texas Storm Chasers mobile app. Chapters: 0:00 Serious flooding continues across Texas 0:47 MCV and current heavy-rain setup 1:09 Training storms from Boerne toward Austin 1:41 Storms expanding across more of Texas 2:00 Travel strongly discouraged in flooded areas 2:28 Today’s severe weather and flooding outlook 3:09 Heavy-rain risk continues Thursday 3:31 Flooding threat shifts west Friday 3:48 Regional rainfall forecast 4:01 Why the atmosphere keeps recharging 4:52 Heavy rain continues along Highway 281 5:13 Another dangerous round tonight 5:29 Additional 5–10+ inches possible 6:06 Thursday rainfall and forecast uncertainty 6:36 Potential for another 10–15 inches 7:15 Areas facing the greatest additional risk 7:32 River flooding concerns 7:49 When conditions may begin improving 8:10 What Texans need to do now 8:31 Help us share evacuation and road information 8:56 Radar, app, and continuing updates Texas flooding check-in: Please include your city or county and safely report: • Rainfall totals • Flooded or washed-out roads • Closed low-water crossings • Rising creeks, streams, or rivers • Evacuation or shelter information from local officials • Whether conditions remain quiet Tag us when emergency management, cities, counties, fire departments, or law enforcement publish urgent public-safety information so we can help share it. Never drive through floodwater. Please report only when it is safe. Radar: https://texasstormchasers.com/radar #TexasWeather #TexasFlood #HillCountry