Between 1 to 2 inches of rain had already fallen in the region as of 3:55 a.m., with an additional 1 to 2 inches possible within the warning area.
Those affected roads included:
Residents needing to travel on Wednesday near the impacted areas were encouraged to find alternative routes or avoid travel together near those sites. Officials stressed that drivers should never drive around barricades erected on impacted roads, adding most flood-related deaths happened within vehicles.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration urges drivers to remember that water levels can quickly fluctuating during flooding events and motorists never truly know how deep the water is, with federal officials adding roadways can also become unstable and unsafe to drive on even after flood waters recede.
The National Weather Service’s Austin-San Antonio office’s 6:30 a.m. report on Wednesday shared showers and thunderstorms were swathed across a substantial stretch of South Central Texas, with Fredericksburg being one of the most targeted as of that early-morning update.