{"id":337269,"date":"2026-06-15T18:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337269\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:37:09","slug":"comal-river-temporarily-closed-following-heavy-hill-country-rainfall-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337269\/","title":{"rendered":"Comal River temporarily closed following heavy Hill Country rainfall, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas \u2013 New Braunfels Police Chief Osbaldo Flores ordered the temporary closure of the Comal River Monday after storms rolled through the Hill Country, according to a news release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Heavy rainfall caused an increased flow of water into the Comal River. As of 10:50 a.m. Monday, a city spokesperson said the river flow measured over 500 cubic feet per second. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The storms have also caused an influx of debris on the riverbanks and the Tube Chute dam, according to a city news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">City officials will reevaluate the river conditions Tuesday to determine when recreational activities will resume. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the KSAT Weather Authority team, San Antonio and the surrounding areas may see some lingering rain and clouds early Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cPlease remember to turn around, don\u2019t drown whenever you see water over a roadway and never drive around barricades,\u201d the release said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Recreational activities on the Guadalupe River remain open. However, New Braunfels officials recommend caution and the use of life jackets to ensure safety. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">More weather-related coverage on KSAT:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas \u2013 New Braunfels Police Chief Osbaldo Flores ordered the temporary closure of the Comal River&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11849,25173,2270,359,82,84,83,172,8083],"class_list":["post-337269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-comal-county","tag-comal-river","tag-guadalupe-river","tag-new-braunfels","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-weather","tag-whatever-the-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337269","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=337269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}