{"id":375331,"date":"2026-07-16T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:04:08","slug":"austins-flood-threat-ends-thursday-but-is-the-rain-really-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375331\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin’s flood threat ends Thursday, but is the rain really gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it\u2019s been nice to see cooler temperatures and heavy rainfall in July, typically our second-driest month of the year, it has come at a price. While\u00a0flash\u00a0flooding has been reported in parts of Central and South Texas<\/a>, we only have one more day of potential flooding before a change arrives this weekend.<\/p>\n

The weather system responsible for the relentless rain<\/a> in Central Texas will slowly drift west, moving the heaviest rainfall away from the Austin area while putting saturated parts of the Hill Country, Edwards Plateau, and Rio Grande Plains back in the\u00a0cross hairs.<\/p>\n

A flood watch issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect for the region\u00a0until Thursday night.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scattered rain and thunderstorms will be possible throughout Thursday with pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The timing of the thunderstorms will be hard to nail down, as it depends on their movement in the upper levels of the atmosphere as well as the leftover outflow boundaries from the previous storms on Wednesday. Overall, we are giving it a 40% to 60% coverage for rain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Temperatures will be cooler than normal, with morning temps in the 70s and afternoon heat only reaching the 80s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few showers and thunderstorms will remain possible during the first half of Friday, but rain chances will steadily decrease throughout the day. By late afternoon and evening, breaks in the clouds should begin to develop, allowing for more sunshine.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will also begin to rebound. Morning temps will settle into the mid-70s, while afternoon temps climb to around 90 degrees, which is still several degrees below the mid-July average high of 96 degrees.<\/p>\n

A ridge of high atmospheric pressure will strengthen over Texas this weekend, bringing a much-needed break from the heavy rainfall and active weather. If you have outdoor plans, the forecast is looking great, with a return to classic Texas summertime weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Expect morning clouds to give way to afternoon sunshine, light winds, and temperatures in the lower to mid-90s. Humidity will still make it feel closer to 100 degrees during the hottest part of the day, so be sure to stay hydrated if you\u2019re spending time outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While it\u2019s been nice to see cooler temperatures and heavy rainfall in July, typically our second-driest month of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-375331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375331","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=375331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}