{"id":375188,"date":"2026-07-16T07:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375188\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:24:27","slug":"tornado-causes-damage-in-san-antonio-as-texas-flooding-emergency-expands-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375188\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado causes damage in San Antonio as Texas flooding emergency expands"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tornado damaged parts of northwestern San Antonio on Wednesday as rounds of severe storms and flooding continued to pound Texas<\/a>, prompting a disaster declaration for dozens of counties.<\/p>\n

The San Antonio<\/a> Fire Department said crews were on scene at 6023 UTSA Boulevard and were assessing multiple properties at The Rim after a tornado touched down. No injuries had been reported, according to the city.<\/p>\n

The tornado came as San Antonio and surrounding communities were under the threat of flash flooding. Northwestern Bexar County remained under a Flash Flood Warning on Wednesday, and officials urged drivers to use caution, avoid flooded roadways and continue monitoring local weather conditions.<\/p>\n

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A tornado spotted at I-10 and the 1604 Loop in San Antonio on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (Image credit: Mollee Herrera\/Bracken Collision 281)<\/p>\n

AccuWeather meteorologists say over a foot of rain<\/a> has already fallen from the Big Bend region along the Rio Grande River to the Texas Hill Country just west of San Antonio this week.<\/p>\n

A flood watch<\/a> remained in effect for parts of the Hill Country, the I-35 corridor, the southern Edwards Plateau and the Rio Grande Plains through Thursday evening, with the potential for life-threatening flooding in parts of the watch area.<\/p>\n

Several more inches of rain are forecast to fall through Thursday night in portions of Texas as some of the rain tapers off in southern Louisiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration Tuesday for 59 counties as severe storms and flash flooding threatened the state. Abbott also directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to continue 24-hour operations at the State Emergency Operations Center at Level II, or escalated response.<\/p>\n

“As severe storms and the threat of dangerous flash flooding continue across the state, this disaster declaration ensures we can rapidly deploy state resources to support local communities,” Abbott said in a statement. “I urge all Texans in affected areas to monitor local weather forecasts, avoid driving through flooded roadways, and have emergency supplies ready.”<\/p>\n

\"AccuWeather.com\"<\/p>\n

The flooding threat has been especially dangerous west of San Antonio, where repeated heavy rain has led to high-water rescues, road closures and rising rivers. AccuWeather forecasters warned that additional rainfall could quickly overwhelm low-water crossings, creeks and drainage areas.<\/p>\n

Drivers should never attempt to cross flooded roads. Water may be deeper than it appears, and just a small amount of moving water can sweep away a vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tornado damaged parts of northwestern San Antonio on Wednesday as rounds of severe storms and flooding continued…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8343,13365,392,82,84,83,9208,27,2165],"class_list":["post-375188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-disaster-declaration","tag-flash-flooding","tag-greg-abbott","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-severe-storms","tag-texas","tag-texas-hill-country"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375188","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=375188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}