Bexar storm history

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The bodies of two homeless individuals were recovered from Salado Creek near Maltsberger Ln. in northern San Antonio. Law enforcement officials believe they were swept away from a homeless encampment in a drainage chan…

A five year old boy died after being left in a car all day in San Antonio. The temperature reached 93 degrees and the heat index 96.

Training of thunderstorms with intense rainfall rates produced a swath of 3-8 inches of rain in San Antonio. A vehicle was swept into Leon Creek near Callaghan Rd. and Hwy 90 and the driver died. The vehicle was discovered on June 14th.

Training of thunderstorms with intense rainfall rates produced a swath of 3-8 inches of rain across San Antonio. A non-vehicle related fatality was reported near Wurzbach Pkwy and Salado Creek. The body was discovered on June 14th. The exact location of where this person went int…

Training of thunderstorms with intense rainfall rates produced a swath of 3-8 inches of rain across San Antonio. Several vehicles were swept off the Loop 410 access road into Beitel Creek. There were 11 fatalities in this creek and the surrounding area. Ten people were rescued fr…

Temperatures were unusually hot on the 27th with high temperatures in the San Antonio area ranging from 100-103 degrees (the normal high is 93). Sixty-seven people were found in a tractor-trailer on the southwest side of San Antonio. Fifty-three people died of heat related illnes…

A thunderstorm produced around one inch of rain in 30 minutes that filled a drainage ditch near the intersection of Hwy 281 and Bitters Rd. in northern San Antonio. A homeless man was camping in the ditch at the time and was washed away and drowned.

Several vehicles were swept off N Graytown Road at a low water crossing. While several persons were successfully rescued, two persons lost their lives including a 5 year old female and a 52 year old female.

Extreme cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill values of -5 to -10 degrees F. According to a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act request) to the Texas Department of State Health Services made in April 2021, information released showed one direct death from…

A three year old boy in San Antonio Texas was accidentally left in a car after the family returned from a T-Ball game in the early afternoon. Air temperatures outside at the time where in the lower 90s. The boy's body was discovered at 5 PM and was later pronounced dead.

Lightning struck a residence in the late afternoon hours while a roofer was delivering shingles to the residence near 27000 Bordelon Way in Bexar County. A male worker was struck by the lightning and was revived and taken to a local hospital in critical condition. The man later d…

Thirty-nine people were discovered in a hot semi-trailer just aftermidnighton Sunday, July 23rd in southwestern San Antonio. The San Antonio Fire Department reported that 8 people died at the scene. Two others died after being taken to hospitals. Twenty-nine others were treated f…

Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas bringing hot and humid weather. A local TV station reported a seven month old baby was found dead in a hot car in Helotes. The story said the boy's father forgot to drop him off at daycare. The boy was found at 3:09 PM. The he…

Newspaper reports show that a body of a man was recovered near the 700 block of Camaron in San Pedro Creek. The body was recovered early on Friday morning but the man drowned early Thursday morning as he and a friend were skateboarding in the creek drainage tunnel. Heavy rain cau…

A contract worker at Camp Bullis drowned when their vehicle was swept off the road at a low water crossing.

Four homeless were swept downstream in Martinez Creek as they were gathering their belongings in a heavy rain. One of the persons, a 48 year old male, drowned and was later recovered from the creek the next day.

Three homeless men were staying under a culvert on San Pedro. During brief heavy rains, two of the three men were able to swim out, but the third man was discovered drown near the 300 block of Barbara.

On Monday May 18th around 8:50 AM, a woman died in her Honda SUV after her vehicle was swept off a flooded road and lodged underneath a small bridge on the other side of the highway. This happened on the southwest side of San Antonio along the I-35 frontage road near Cassin Road.…

An 8 year old boy was struck by lightning on the west side of San Antonio in the evening of Thursday September 5th. He, along with another boy, was in a backyard when the lightning strike occurred. The 8 year old was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died September …

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding in and around San Antonio and Bexar County. There was record rainfall in the San Antonio area with the San Antonio International Airport recording 9.87 inches of rain (2nd highest 24 hr total on record) and CoCoRAHS obs…

Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding of Cibolo Creek along the Bexar Comal county border resulting in one death. A man was killed when his vehicle was swept off FM1863 at the low water crossing approximately one quarter mile east of Beck Road. After succ…

A car was apparently swept off the road during the middle of the night and later recovered in Cibolo Creek. The man driving the car was found dead inside the vehicle.

Eighty-two year old twins apparently died in their home in San Antonio. Cause of death was heatstroke according to the medical examiner. The twins did not want to use a fan or air conditioning stating that they were on a fixed income and were trying to save money. High temperatur…

A man was found dead outdoors and his death was ruled to be probable hypothermia. His body was shirtless and shoeless when it was discovered. The low temperature that morning was 42 degrees.

Up to 2 inches of rain fell over the northwestern part of the county. At around 1:00 AM a man and a woman were washed away in a four door sedan as they attempted to cross the Tower View Bridge on Scenic Loop Road which was in flood due to Helotes Creek. The man was later rescued …

The area of extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin continued to spread northwestward across Bexar County, with a general 4 to 5 inch rain over the county. Totals of up to 8 inches were reported at several locations in the south and west parts …

Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell on the western side of San Antonio from midnight into the early morning hours. Elm Creek quickly inundated Shepherd Road in Southwest Bexar County. A 911 call brought rescuers to the scene to find an SUV with a mother and five kids stranded in …

An area of showers and thunderstorms redeveloped late on the evening of November 21 and continued into the early morning hours of the 22nd. It produced widespread 1 inch totals over Atascosa, Bexar, Frio and Medina Counties, resulting in the flash flooding of numerous rural roads…

As the storms moved into Bexar County, they spread a general rainfall of 1 inch across the county. Highest amounts were 6 inches southwest of Von Ormy. FM471 and FM476 closed from afternoon into early morning. Around 10 pm on the evening of November 16, a woman attempted to cross…

A young girl drowned in a brief flash flood event as she and her grandmother were driving across a culvert that was under construction. Although less than 2 inches of rain had fallen, water swept quickly through the low area, trapping the vehicle. The grandmother left the car and…

Additional 2 to 3 inch totals fell across Bexar County with isolated totals of up to 6 inches in the north central part of the city of San Antonio. Flash flooding developed very quickly and was countywide in its coverage. Small streams and creeks were also flash flooding. Officia…

Victim was found outside in an alley after having been cutting the lawn.

Two men, one aged 46 and another aged 43, were closing up windows on a station wagon at the older man's home when the vehicle was struck by lightning. Both men were tossed away from the vehicle by the strike and were hospitalized. The older man died a few days later.

An off-duty NWS employee reported trees blown over by severe thunderstorm winds in northern San Antonio near the intersections of Blanco Road and Loop 410.

High winds, causing spotty damage over the western third of Bexar County, and nearly continuous damage over the eastern two-thirds of the county, caused widespread destruction of trees and limbs. The high winds damaged roofs, propelled hail into homes and cars, and knocked over p…

Heavy rainfall across the western part of Bexar County produced a general 2 inch coverage with isolated amounts up to 5 inches. Roads were flooded across the southwest part of the city. Passengers in at least 3 different vehicles were swept away in the rapidly moving water and ha…

Light freezing rain and freezing drizzle began on the afternoon of the 30th and continued off and on until February 2. The icing was mainly on trees and elevated surfaces. The Fair Oaks Ranch area in far Northwest Bexar County reported 1.2 Million Dollars worth of damage from the…

An electrical transformer explosion ignited a wildfire between Green Rd. and Schuwirth Rd. near China Grove. Strong winds gusting 40-50 mph allowed the fire to spread rapidly, burning 500 acres until it was controlled. Seven tractor semi-trailers, a mobile home, and a hay barn we…

A thunderstorm produced 4.5 inch hail near Tezel Rd. and Bandera Rd. in northwestern San Antonio. This tied for the largest hailstone ever reported in Bexar County. The hail storm storm moved across northern Bexar County, crossing the northern half of San Antonio. Damage costs in…