San Antonio sees dozens of road closures amid flash flooding

A Flood Advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. after an overnight advisory turned into a Flash Flood Watch by the National Weather Service. 

We said it was likely going to be a wet Monday, and the weather forecasters weren’t wrong. Rain began to fall over much of San Antonio and the surrounding Texas Hill Country Sunday night, and the wet weather has carried over into Monday morning. 

With the sudden downpouring of rain across South Central Texas, water levels quickly rose, bringing flash floods. As a result, several roadways across the Alamo City have closed to avoid vehicles being swept away by rising waters. In fact, several lanes of major highways have been shuttered Monday morning due to rising water levels.

“Light to moderate rain continues along and east of Interstate 35,” the National Weather Service tweeted Monday morning. “Flood advisories remain in effect through early this morning for minor flooding, especially near low-lying areas. Never drive into flooded roadways.”

Several lanes of traffic have been closed at the intersections of Loop 410 and I-10 on the Northwest Side, the intersection of I-35 and Loop 410 on the Northeast Side, along Highway 90 near West Military Drive on the Southwest Side, and just north of downtown where Colorado Street meets I-10. These are just the sections of major highways that are seeing closures due to the rain, but there’s plenty of other road closures reported.

It’s not just roads that are impacted by this sudden bout of wet weather, either, as more than 1,000 CPS Energy customers are reporting power outages on the Northwest Side of San Antonio, according to the CPS Energy outage map. Nearly 1,100 outages have been reported Monday morning near the intersection of Bandera and Guilbeau roads. There have been other minor, sporadic outages reported across San Antonio as well.

“Storms packed with frequent lightning and heavy rain are moving through the CPS Energy service area. Our crews continue to work through the night to resolve weather-related outages,” CPS Energy tweeted Sunday night. “Currently, crews are working to resolve 24 outages impacting approximately 4,243 customers, with the largest outages in the 78207, 78225, 78226, and 78245 zip codes. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience with our crews.”

Road closures have been reported all across town on BexarFlood.org, including:

• Alamo Heights
• Antelope south of Mecca
• Bitters Rd.
• Cagnon at the Medina River
• Cave Lane
• Contour Drive
• Copper Hill
• Danville
• Doheny at Culebra Creek
• Dreamleand
• El Cerrito south of Sequoia
• El Cerrito south of Sunway
• Encino Park
• Fort Sam master streets
• Gass Rd. south of Culebra Rd.
• George Rd.
• Gibbs Sprawl
• Lockhill
• Maltsberger Lane
• Menger Road
• NE Entrance Rd.
• North Loops
• O’Brien at Pole Cat Creek
• Old Corpus Christi
• Old Grissom
• Old O’Conner
• Old Seguin Rd.
• Pinn Rd.
• Rodriguez
• Schertz
• Sleepy Hollow
• Southwell
• Stahl
• W. Commerce
• Yosemite at Lorence Creek

“Flash flooding is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in Texas, so be careful,” the Texas Department of Transportation’s San Antonio office tweeted Monday morning. “Remember: Slow down, turn off cruise control, ‘turn around, don’t drown,’ and check drvietexas.org for the latest road conditions.”