Heavy rain surges through Kerrville as flooding threat remains active

Kerrville is seeing another burst of heavy rain and thunderstorms Wednesday morning, according to National Weather Service station data, as a multi-day flooding threat continues to grip Kerr County.

The station recorded 1.6 inches of rain in the six hours ending at 6:55 a.m. Rain intensified after that reading, with an additional 0.46 inches recorded by 7:55 a.m. as thunderstorms producing heavy rain moved through the area. Visibility dropped as low as 1.5 miles amid the heaviest rain, and humidity held near 94%.

The renewed downpour comes as a flash flood warning remains in effect for southeastern Kerr County and western Gillespie County, and as a broader flood watch continues for Kerr County and 20 other South Central Texas counties through Thursday evening. It also follows a sharp overnight rise in the Guadalupe River near Center Point, where gauge height climbed to 7.05 feet by 6:55 a.m. Wednesday and discharge repeatedly spiked to at least 500 cubic feet per second — more than 224,000 gallons per minute — well above the river’s typical flow for mid-July.

The National Weather Service has warned that intense rain rates and compounding effects from multiple rounds of storms will keep a dangerous flash flooding threat in place through Thursday, with the most extreme risk centered to the south and west of Kerr County but heavy rain capable of triggering flash flooding anywhere within the broader watch area