Heavy rains caused widespread road closures in San Antonio due to flooding.
SAN ANTONIO — Dozens of roads and low water crossings are closed after heavy rain brought flooding conditions to the San Antonio area.
Showers and storms swept through South Texas Thursday morning, bringing damaging wind gusts and hail to the area. This comes after storms also hit the Alamo City early Wednesday morning, and parts of town saw between half an inch and eight-tenths of an inch of rain.
Bexar County reported more than 43 roads and low water crossings are closed as of 5:30 a.m., including Bitters Road, Alamo Heights, and Gibbs Sprawl Road.
Heavy rain caused Leon Creek at Loop 410 near Leon Valley to rise 13 feet from the overnight rains.
Also, several drivers became stuck in high water at Wetmore and Thousand Oaks on the northeast side. Viewer video shows the problems.
A Tornado Warning was briefly in effect for Leon Valley, Helotes and parts of west San Antonio expired at 12:15 a.m.; we likely won’t know until Thursday if a twister officially touched down.