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Five people have died due to flash flooding early Thursday morning in San Antonio.
The San Antonio Fire Department confirmed several vehicles were swept off the Loop 410 access road into Beitel Creek around 5 a.m.
The San Antonio Police Department said the flood waters pushed 19 people and 15 vehicles into the water. 10 people were rescued, two were able to rescue themselves, and three people still missing.
Across the city, there were 65 water rescues. The fire department says the majority of the rescues consisted of crews assisting drivers in vehicles in high water but called some of the rescues "harrowing" involving crews entering swift moving water.
Flood waters covered the lower level of I-35 in downtown at midday, and earlier this morning some vehicles were seen submerged in water on the main lanes of I-35 at FM 3009 in Schertz.
Six inches of rain fell at the international airport, the biggest single rain event in more than a decade.
Sixty mile an hour winds and penny-sized hail were reported in Grey Forest. A small twister caused minor damage a few miles southeast of Wimberley.
CPS Energy reported about 30,000 residents were left without power after the worst of the storm passed through. Crews from the city-owned power utility managed to restore power to all but 8,500 of those customers as of noon on Thursday.
San Antonio has entered its sixth year of drought.
This weekend was expected to be mostly sunny and hot after a week of days cooled by rain and overcast skies. There is a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Friday, and that trend will continue throughout the weekend.
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