{"id":325989,"date":"2026-06-06T22:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325989\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T22:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:44:09","slug":"austin-weather-dozens-of-low-water-crossings-closed-in-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325989\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin weather: Dozens of low-water crossings closed in Central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brief<\/p>\n<p>Heavy overnight rain forced the closure of at least 35 low-water crossings across northern Central Texas communities, including Georgetown, Round Rock, and Liberty Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The South Fork of the San Gabriel River in Georgetown spiked to a moderate flood stage before receding, keeping an official flood warning in effect until midnight.<\/p>\n<p>The heaviest rain has moved northeast, leaving only a minor risk for isolated weekend storms with expected totals under a quarter-inch before a drying trend begins next week.<\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN &#8211; Torrential overnight downpours triggered flash flooding across parts of Central Texas, pushing a river past its flood stage and forcing the closure of dozens of roads and low-water crossings.<\/p>\n<p>The heaviest rainfall concentrated in Williamson County, where radar estimates indicated around 6 inches of rain just east of Liberty Hill. Private backyard rain gauges in the area reported totals as high as 8 inches.<\/p>\n<p>The deluge caused the South Fork of the San Gabriel River in Georgetown to rise rapidly, cresting just over 13 feet and reaching a moderate flood stage. While flood stage for the river is set at 9 feet, water levels receded below that threshold by approximately 5 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Flood warning<\/p>\n<p>Despite the receding river, authorities warned that a flood warning remains in effect until midnight. At least 35 low-water crossings and roads were reported closed across northern communities, including Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, and Liberty Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency officials urged drivers to remain cautious and obey all traffic barriers. Information regarding active road closures is being updated continuously on the regional monitoring website, <a data-ylk=\"slk:ATXfloods.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/atxfloods.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ATXfloods.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The intense rainfall is due to a nearby low-pressure system funneling tropical moisture into the region. While the core of the system is tracking northeast away from Central Texas, a level 1 risk for isolated, localized flooding persists for most of the area, with a level 2 risk clipping western and northern sections near Lampasas and San Saba.<\/p>\n<p>Flood advisory<\/p>\n<p>A FLOOD ADVISORY is in effect until 4 p.m. for Bell County, Falls County, Limestone County, Milam County and Robertson County until 4 p.m. Officials expect there to be minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, and dangerous flows over low-water crossings.<\/p>\n<p>The storms produced 3\u20137 inches of rain, but no additional rainfall is expected.<\/p>\n<p>Weekend forecast<\/p>\n<p>Showers and storms are expected to remain isolated to scattered throughout the weekend, with most areas forecast to receive under a quarter-inch of additional rainfall over the next 48 hours. Temperatures are projected to stay below average, with daytime highs lingering in the upper 80s before a high-pressure system returns to dry out and warm the region next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Source<\/p>\n<p>Information in this article is from the FOX 7 Austin weather team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Heavy overnight rain forced the closure of at least 35 low-water crossings across northern Central Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,2143,116587,12258,12268,15082,6240,50721,35723,2538],"class_list":["post-325989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-central-texas","tag-flood-stage","tag-flood-warning","tag-georgetown","tag-liberty-hill","tag-round-rock","tag-san-gabriel-river","tag-water-levels","tag-williamson-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}