{"id":383772,"date":"2026-07-23T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383772\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:18:09","slug":"flood-warnings-remain-as-frio-and-nueces-stay-above-flood-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383772\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood warnings remain as Frio and Nueces stay above flood stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; While South Central Texas shifts back into a stretch of dangerous heat, flooding concerns are far from over along two area rivers that remain above major flood stage.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service continues to monitor ongoing river flooding along the Nueces River and Frio River, where flood warnings remain in effect following weeks of heavy rainfall across the region.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/flooding-does-damage-to-farming-infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flooding does damage to farming infrastructure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although only isolated showers are expected through Friday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Bertha move inland, forecasters say the additional rainfall should be light enough to avoid worsening the river flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Nueces River<\/p>\n<p>The Nueces River near Cotulla remains in major flood stage, though water levels are slowly receding.<\/p>\n<p>As of the latest observation Thursday morning, the river measured 28.2 feet. Forecasters expect major flooding to continue through the weekend and possibly into Monday before water levels fall below major flood stage.<\/p>\n<p>Frio River<\/p>\n<p>The Frio River at Tilden also remains in major flood stage.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/historic-flooding-batters-kerrville-and-uvalde-county-damaging-homes-and-bridges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Historic flooding batters Kerrville and Uvalde County, damaging homes and bridges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest available river reading showed the river at 29.8 feet after it had already crested. Floodwaters are expected to remain at major flood levels through at least Thursday night before gradually declining.<\/p>\n<p>Hotter, drier pattern returns<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a 20% to 30% chance of showers late Thursday into Friday, most of South Central Texas is expected to stay dry. The best chance for heavier rainfall will remain well to the south near the Texas coast as the weakening remnants of Tropical Storm Bertha move inland.<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall totals across the San Antonio area are expected to remain light, generally a few hundredths of an inch to around a quarter inch, while communities closer to Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande could see one-half inch to more than 2 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures, meanwhile, are climbing back into the upper 90s and near 100 degrees, with a Heat Advisory in effect Thursday as heat index values climb above 110 degrees in some locations. Forecasters expect a return to widespread triple-digit highs early next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; While South Central Texas shifts back into a stretch of dangerous heat, flooding concerns are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-383772","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\/383772","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=383772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}