The ‘Ring of Fire’ Comes to Central Texas: Flood Threat, Dramatic Cooling, and What You Need to Know This Week (July 15–18, 2026)

If you were hoping for a break from the brutal mid-July heat, well — you got one. Just not the gentle, pleasant kind. This week, Central Texas is caught in one of the more dramatic weather setups of the summer: a slow-moving atmospheric disturbance rotating around the southern edge of a high-pressure ridge — what…