{"id":375222,"date":"2026-07-16T08:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375222\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:26:36","slug":"at-least-10-utsa-students-may-be-displaced-after-tornado-hits-northwest-side-apartments-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375222\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 10 UTSA students may be displaced after tornado hits Northwest Side apartments, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A Northwest Side apartment complex sustained significant damage after a confirmed tornado touched down Wednesday morning, according to San Antonio officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">San Antonio Fire Department crews responded on a \u201cnon-vehicle entrapment\u201d call at approximately 8 a.m. to The Oasis San Antonio apartments located in the 6000 block of UTSA Boulevard, which is near Valero Way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cWe are grateful to report that there were no injuries associated with that structure,\u201d SAFD Chief Valerie Frausto told reporters in a Wednesday afternoon news conference. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Frausto said the damage was limited to one building at the apartment complex. However, a \u201clarge portion\u201d of the roof was torn off. In all, Frausto said the tornado damaged three units on the apartment complex\u2019s fourth floor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Residents at the complex are currently in the process of being relocated, the fire department said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Of those affected, UT San Antonio Police Chief Stephanie Schoenborn said between 10 and 12 UTSA students who live at the apartment complex may be displaced. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Schoenborn said the campus\u2019 police department is working closely with the American Red Cross to support those students. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At the peak of Wednesday\u2019s severe weather, approximately 18,000 customers were without electricity, according to CPS Energy interim CEO Frank Almaraz. As of 1:41 p.m., the utility\u2019s outage map shows 233 customers are still without power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">San Antonio officials said to contact the city\u2019s non-emergency hotline at 311 for assistance with cleaning any debris. <\/p>\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A Northwest Side apartment complex sustained significant damage after a confirmed tornado touched down Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[698,4471,633,82,84,83,12363,3439,172],"class_list":["post-375222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bexar-county","tag-northwest-side","tag-safd","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-tornado","tag-utsa","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375222","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=375222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}