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SEGUIN — Wednesday’s heaviest rains went south of Seguin but enough has landed around the county in recent days to provide some help for area farmers.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Baskin reported 1.8 inches of rainfall was measured at the water treatment plant in Seguin Wednesday morning, while a member of the Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network located about a mile east-southeast of Seguin reported 1.98 inches of rainfall in the 24 hours prior to 7 a.m. Wednesday.

“If we look at the precipitation map, there was a pretty good strip of rain this morning from Kingsbury to just south of Seguin, New Berlin, St. Hedwig and La Vernia,” Baskin said. “There were several reports along that line of 1.5 to 2 inches of rain, with the heaviest accumulations in northwest Wilson County. Down east of La Vernia on toward Sutherland Springs, there were reports of five to six inches of rain.”

In southeast Bexar County Wednesday morning, 4.10 inches of rain was reported at a point five miles south of St. Hedwig at 9 a.m., while east of Calaveras Lake on the Wilson County line, an observer measured 3.34 inches of rainfall, Baskin reported.

“There were some roads closed from flooding in Wilson County,” Baskin said. “In Karnes County, there were reports in excess of two inches.”

Much of Wednesday’s heaviest rainfall came south of Interstate 10 and east of Interstate 35, although areas of the Hill Country got soaking rains as well, Baskin said.

All of Wednesday’s rain came on top of daily thunderstorms that since late last week have dumped two or more inches of rainfall in parts of Guadalupe County.

“I think stock ponds are full from Gonzales to Cuero on eastward,” Baskin said. “There’s a lot of green out there and it’s real pretty. It has to be helping farmers.”

A stretch between Kenedy to Falls City on to Pleasanton is still pretty dry, but the driest areas of all remain out west in the Uvalde and Del Rio areas, Baskin said.

“There are some places out there that are going to say, ‘That’s enough for now,’” Baskin said. “Others picked up a little rain today, but I’m sure they’d appreciate a little more.”

Today, some areas will have a chance to get some more rain, with a 20 percent chance of showers or thundershowers forecast. After that, Baskin said to expect things to dry out a little over the weekend.

“This looks like the first weekend in the last several where the weather model looks dry,” Baskin said.

Come Monday night, look for a return of the conditions that brought this week’s rainfall, Baskin said.

“The forecast shows several days of possible rain next week,” he said.

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