Overview
- The National Weather Service has issued multi‑day flood watches, flash‑flood warnings and advisories that remained in effect Thursday evening as slow‑moving storms pushed east across the Hill Country and San Antonio metro; travel is discouraged in warning areas.
- State and local agencies have pre‑staged and deployed resources for rescues and road response, with roughly 1,900 responders, 1,500 pieces of equipment and activated Texas National Guard personnel and aircraft on standby.
- Local governments closed parks, barricaded dozens of low‑water crossings, distributed sandbags and activated emergency operations centers to protect residents and critical infrastructure.
- Rainfall so far includes pockets of very heavy totals — nearly 6 inches in Junction and 1–2.5 inches across parts of Kerr and Gillespie counties — and forecasts call for widespread 1–4 inches with isolated 6–8 inch amounts through Friday.
- Because steep terrain and narrow watersheds in the Hill Country can produce fast, violent runoff, officials urge people to sign up for alerts, avoid driving through flooded roads, move pets to higher ground and prepare for possible overnight rescue operations.