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JBSA confirmed a tornado touched down briefly in San Antonio. Zachary-Taylor Wright From shaking windows to downed trees to toppled children’s playthings and barbecue pits flung across yards, a tornado, which briefly touched the lives of several residents near Fort Same Houston, left residents in awe and assessing the damage done. It’s relatively uncommon for a tornado to actually make contact in San Antonio, but Thursday morning, October 26, one did just that, and it…

Social media users are reacting to two tornadoes that touched down in Central Texas on either side of the I-35 corridor. Photo Courtesy of Jeremy Davis Update – 2 p.m. on Thursday, October 26: A flood watch covering much of Texas from San Antonio to Central Texas and into the Hill County and to the east of the I-35 corridor has been extended and now expires at midnight Thursday night. In total, there are 20…

Isolated areas have received heavy rainfall. Flooding is possible in the Hill Country. SAN ANTONIO — Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue across portions of the Hill Country and Bexar County through Thursday afternoon.  Some pockets of heavy rainfall are falling along the east side of Bexar County. This could drop 1-3 inches of rainfall so stay safe on the roadways.  A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Pleasanton, Floresville and Jordanton until…

X / @jf4jack Images of the tornado that reportedly touched down in San Antonio on Thursday morning as seen from the Embassy Suites downtown. Morning commuters got a surprise Thursday after a tornado touched down on San Antonio’s East Side, according to meteorologists and social media posts. The weak tornado was sighted near Joint Base San Antonio-Sam Houston at around 8 a.m., the military installation confirmed on X, the social media platform formerly known as…

A “brief” and “very weak” tornado just north of downtown swept its way over the city Thursday morning as rain and thunderstorms scattered across San Antonio. Get the latest San Antonio news delivered to your inbox for free. Processing… Success! You’re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn’t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. The community needs to remain vigilant for developing storms and possible tornadoes Thursday,…

Isolated areas have received heavy rainfall. Flooding is possible in the Hill Country. SAN ANTONIO — A Tornado Warning is in effect for portions of Comal and Hays counties until 9:45 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Take cover immediately if you are in these areas! A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano and Real counties through 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms…

SAN ANTONIO — A Tornado Warning is in effect for portions of Comal and Hays counties until 9:45 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Take cover immediately if you are in these areas! A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano and Real counties through 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue across portions of the Hill Country through Thursday afternoon. …

SAN ANTONIO — Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue across portions of the Hill Country overnight through Thursday afternoon.  A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano and Real counties through 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.  A moist and unstable airmass is in place and the area continues to receive remnants of a tropical cyclone help produce rainfall totals around 1…

A cold front will move through San Antonio by mid-morning Thursday in San Antonio. Rain chances will increase after 7 to 8 am.  Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News Update at 3:30 p.m.: San Antonio has a marginal risk for excessive rainfall on Wednesday evening, according to an updated situation report by the National Weather Service. Areas north of San Antonio and parts of the Texas Hill Country are also now under a flood watch through Thursday morning. …

Follow us here to get the latest top headlines with KENS 5 anchor Sarah Forgany every weekday! SAN ANTONIO — For the fourth time in a span of seven days, San Antonio authorities said police officers faced an armed suspect Monday night. According to SAPD officials, an unidentified teenager shot at officers arriving to the area of Rigsby and Tyne just before 8 p.m. after receiving a call for a disturbance.  Read More: SAPD: Teen…

In fact, crews say some apartments had two feet of water in them on the 7th floor of the building. SAN ANTONIO — A fire at a San Antonio high rise downtown changed from a fire to a flood in a matter of minutes Tuesday evening. Firefighters responded to the 100 block of Hickman Street near San Pedro Springs Park around 8:45 p.m. for reports of a fire in the building. When first responders arrived…

A water line break at University Health’s new $573.7 million Women’s & Children’s Hospital at the South Texas Medical Center will delay what was to be an imminent opening until fall, officials said Tuesday. A “fire sprinkler standpipe” in one of the hospital’s stairwells ruptured last week, according to a news release issued by University Health, flooding the stairwell, hallways and adjacent rooms throughout the 12-story building.  Restoration experts have been in the building to…

Separate flood insurance policies are available through private companies or a national program managed by FEMA. Hurricanes and tropical storms bring heavy rainfall and high storm surge which can cause devastating flooding, even after making landfall. And it’s not just hurricanes, rainstorms throughout the year can cause flooding to occur just about anywhere. Some people on social media claimed that homeowners insurance policies don’t typically cover flood damage. Google search data show people are also…

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, voluntarily took the bus ride from Brownsville to Los Angeles even as Tropical Storm Hilary crossed into Southern California. TEXAS, USA — This story was first published in The Texas Tribune, and can be viewed here. Texas sent three dozen migrants to Los Angeles as the city was struck by Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, which caused record rainfall and flooding in parts…

Tropical Storm Harold didn’t hit South Padre Island as hard as other areas of the Texas coast. The locals took advantage. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — As some Texans were sheltering from Tropical Storm Harold as it made landfall Tuesday morning, others were eagerly looking out their window and waiting until the exact moment it was safe enough to re-emerge—not to survey any damage, but to hit the waves.  Harold’s impact on the Rio Grande…