{"id":337382,"date":"2026-06-15T19:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337382\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:55:09","slug":"torrential-storms-helped-a-texas-city-smash-a-rainfall-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337382\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Torrential’ storms helped a Texas city smash a rainfall record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within a matter of hours on Monday, June 15, Texas’ capital city<\/a> broke a record after receiving the most rain<\/a> in a day since February 2025 \u2014 all before the sun fully rose. But don’t let the brief moments of sunshine fool you, as several regions in South-Central Texas remain under a Flood Watch<\/a> through Tuesday, June 16, as more storms<\/a> are expected to bring “torrential downpours” to several counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service (NWS<\/a>) has issued a Flood Watch for counties east of I-35 and south of U.S. Highway 90 through 7\u00a0p.m. on Tuesday, as “heavy rain and lightning are expected,” with isolated pockets of more than 6 inches of rain possible.\u00a0This rain may fall quickly in what\u00a0the NWS called “torrential downpours,” adding that “life-threatening flooding is possible” within the flood watch area.<\/p>\n

Austin-based meteorologist Avery Tomasco<\/a> with CBS Austin reported in a post on X<\/a>\u00a0that before 7 a.m. on Monday, Austin recorded nearly 3 inches of rain, which he said was the most rain the city has seen in a day since February 2025. The NWS estimated that between midnight and 7 a.m. on Monday, Austin received 2 to 3 inches of rain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is an 80% chance of storms in Austin on Monday afternoon, with chances decreasing to 50% Monday evening, per the NWS. There is a 60% chance of rain in Austin on Tuesday. So, if you were considering washing your car after this morning’s storms, you might want to hold off a few more days.<\/p>\n

Numerous water rescues have been reported on Monday by Austin-Travis County EMS. Just before 1 p.m., ATCEMS posted on X that they were assisting with a water rescue in the Austin-area city of Manor, which is roughly 20 minutes east of the Capital City. According to the post, a vehicle with two occupants was stuck in water on Old Kimbro Road and F.M. 1100 in Manor.<\/p>\n

ATCEMS, along with help from Travis County Emergency Services Department, was able to clear the scene and help the vehicle’s occupants out of the water. Per the post, no medical complaints were noted.<\/p>\n

Before 5 a.m., ATCEMS in a post on X<\/a> shared that they were assisting with a water rescue at the 10100 block of Old San Antonio Road, as a vehicle drove into a low-water crossing. The occupant was extricated from the vehicle and was assessed for “minor complaints,” per the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Within a matter of hours on Monday, June 15, Texas’ capital city broke a record after receiving the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2108,820,59494,3091,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-337382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-mysaaustin","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatranspo","tag-mysawx","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337382","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=337382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}