{"id":372675,"date":"2026-07-14T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372675\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:09:23","slug":"life-threatening-flood-threat-grows-as-south-texas-nears-highest-rainfall-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372675\/","title":{"rendered":"Life-threatening flood threat grows as South Texas nears highest rainfall alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO – Federal Meteorologists are expected to upgrade a portion of the current Moderate Risk area for excessive rainfall in South Texas to the Weather Prediction Center\u2019s highest category Tuesday as a prolonged and dangerous flash flood event unfolds across the region.<\/p>\n

The anticipated High Risk outlook would encompass part of the existing Moderate Risk area, generally stretching from west of San Antonio toward the Texas-Mexico border, where repeated rounds of torrential rain have already produced widespread flooding and are expected to continue through at least the next several days.<\/p>\n

WATCH LIVE | Flood Watch through Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n

Radar estimates and rain gauges indicate more than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain have already fallen in parts of the region. Forecasters warn an additional 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters) could fall in localized areas where thunderstorms repeatedly track over the same locations.<\/p>\n

\"SBG<\/p>\n

The Weather Prediction Center reserves its High Risk designation for the nation\u2019s most dangerous flash flood situations, when widespread, life-threatening flooding is expected with high confidence. Such outlooks are issued infrequently and often coincide with the most significant flooding events in the United States.<\/p>\n

Emergency managers urged residents in flood-prone areas to closely monitor forecasts, heed evacuation orders if issued, and never attempt to drive across flooded roadways. Even relatively shallow moving water can sweep away vehicles, and rainfall occurring over already saturated ground is expected to rapidly worsen flooding conditions.<\/p>\n

The forecast calls for multiple rounds of heavy rain through the middle of the week as deep tropical moisture combines with a slow-moving weather pattern, increasing the likelihood of repeated flash flooding across South Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – Federal Meteorologists are expected to upgrade a portion of the current Moderate Risk area for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-372675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372675","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=372675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}