{"id":764773,"date":"2026-07-15T17:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764773\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:55:11","slug":"flash-flood-emergency-now-in-effect-for-boerne-south-kendall-county-nws-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764773\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Flood Emergency now in effect for Boerne, south Kendall County, NWS says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">BOERNE, Texas \u2013 Earlier Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for Kendall County, which includes Boerne, until 4:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">However, as of 12:25 p.m., NWS announced that Boerne and other portions of south Kendall County are under a Flash Flood Emergency until 8:15 p.m. The service described its latest alert as a \u201cparticularly dangerous situation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cMove to high ground if you are near Cibolo Creek or smaller tributaries,\u201d NWS said in a post to X. \u201cTurn Around, Don\u2019t Drown if you encounter a flooded roadway!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Flash Flood Emergency is in effect for southern Kendall County, including the City of Boerne. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION! Move to high ground if you are near Cibolo Creek or smaller tributaries. Turn Around, Don&#8217;t Drown if you encounter a flooded roadway! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uhZVFJa8dp\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uhZVFJa8dp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Austin\/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSSanAntonio\/status\/2077444465959006460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the City of Boerne, officials have shut down River Road. Residents in the area are being encouraged to seek higher ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Officials said first responders have conducted rescues of two stalled vehicles at the intersection of Herff Road and River Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThis is a life-threatening weather event,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BoerneCityHall\/videos\/1543243627196135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BoerneCityHall\/videos\/1543243627196135\">City of Boerne spokesperson Chris Shadrock said in an 11 a.m. social media post<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t want to mince words about how serious this situation is. We are seeing flood conditions that we have not seen since 2015.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Additionally, the city said the intersection of Main Street and River Road has also been closed due to flooding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cIf you are somewhere safe and not in danger, please stay there,\u201d Shadrock said at 11 a.m. \u201cRoads all across Boerne are flooded. Roads that don\u2019t typically flood are flooded. Travel is discouraged all across the City of Boerne today until conditions improve.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At this time, officials said a temporary shelter in town has been set up at the Boerne ISD Central Offices, which is located at 235 Johns Road. Residents are being asked to enter off Lohmann Street.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Forecast<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">KSAT meteorologists keep you on top of the ever-changing South Texas weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">This is a developing story. Please check back later for updates.<\/p>\n<p>QUICK WEATHER LINKS<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOERNE, Texas \u2013 Earlier Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for Kendall County, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4873,4,450,451,17799,327055,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-764773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-boerne","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-kendall-county","tag-ksat-weather-authority","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}