Thunder boomed over the Alamo City overnight as a stormy, rainy weather pattern sets in for several days.
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — IMPACT DAYS: Tuesday, May 19 – Monday, May 25
Reason: Multiple of days of possible storms and heavy rain.
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The breakdown
Storms began entering the San Antonio region late Tuesday, kicking off a dayslong pattern of heavy rain and potential scattered storms leading all the way to Memorial Day.
Thunderstorms and locally heavy rain were expected to impact the area starting Tuesday night and heading into the early morning hours of Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Flash flooding is a possibility.
The active weather intensified over Central Texas and the Hill Country on Tuesday evening before starting to move south across much of South-Central Texas around 10 p.m.
The wind and storms were also causing power outages. As of 12:30 a.m., more than 10,000 CPS Energy customers in San Antonio were without power. See the Outage Map here.
Roads across Bexar County were also starting to close due to high-water danger.
Virtually all of South-Central Texas is in a Level 2 out of 5 risk for severe weather Tuesday night and overnight, per the NWS. San Antonio’s window for severe weather runs from 9 p.m. Tuesday through 3 a.m. Wednesday, with the weather expected to clear by 5 a.m.
Repeated rounds of rain are possible through Thursday, potentially creating a localized flooding threat.
The highest risk factors are large hail and gusty winds, but San Antonio will stay in the Level 2 out of 4 risk for excessive rain through Thursday.
As part of Flood Awareness Week, the San Antonio Fire Department this week shared its list of 10 dangerous low water crossings in the city, basing it off the number of water rescues over the last decade.
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