Kerr County, floods
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What were Kerr County Officials doing to prepare for the possible flooding ahead of July Fourth? That's the question on many minds in the wake of the recent tragedy.
Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.
At 4:22 a.m. on Friday, as Texas’ Hill Country began to flood, a firefighter in Ingram – just upstream from Kerrville – asked the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office to alert nearby
In the wake of the central Texas flash flooding, after local officials pointed fingers at the National Weather Service for its alerts and forecasts, the agency responded: The NWS alerts gave several hours of lead time,
NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of warning.
The National Weather Service issued several forecasts Tuesday through Thursday morning, warning of the risk of flash flooding.
Many warnings from the National Weather Service went out to Kerr County, Texas, but the area wasn't equipped with sirens to wake residents up.
Otherwise, avoid travel.” 4:18 a.m. “Very dangerous flash flooding ongoing in northwest Travis, western Williamson, and Burnet counties. A very slow moving disturbance is producing extreme rainfall rates.
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