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BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — IMPACT DAYS: Thursday night, April 30, and Friday, May 1
Reason: Heavy rain and localized flooding.
Active weather alerts
- A Flood Watch will be in effect from 9 p.m. Thursday to 9 p.m. Friday for Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde and and Wilson counties.
The breakdown
A strong spring cold front has generated an active weather pattern that will continue through Friday.
As of Thursday afternoon, the cold front was south of San Antonio. Several waves of heavy rain are now expected to drench the area through Friday night.
Bexar County will see showers and a few thunderstorms Thursday night, with coverage increasing overnight and into Friday morning. Then, at least two or three more waves of heavy rain are expected to move across the area Friday.
Two to four inches of widespread rain accumulation are possible, with isolated pockets of five-plus inches of rain also in the cards. We should see the rain clear to the east of San Antonio by 8 p.m. Friday.
The weekend will bring much cooler and sunnier conditions, along with some wind.
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