{"id":45526,"date":"2025-07-07T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45526\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:36:13","slug":"when-the-warnings-began-for-kerr-county-before-catastrophic-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45526\/","title":{"rendered":"When the warnings began for Kerr County before catastrophic flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"

KERR COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 As families and search crews sift through debris, mangled trees and toppled vehicles in Kerr County after the catastrophic Fourth of July flooding, authorities are facing growing questions about whether enough warnings were issued.<\/p>\n

As of Sunday, 68 people were killed, including 28 children, in flooding along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County \u2014 an area long vulnerable to flooding.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service sent out a series of flash flood warnings in the early hours on Friday before issuing flash flood emergencies, a rare alert notifying of imminent danger.<\/p>\n

>> <\/b>28 children among 68 killed in Kerr County flood, sheriff says; 10 girls from Camp Mystic missing<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Officials have insisted that no one saw the flood potential coming and have defended their actions.<\/p>\n

In a news conference Friday, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said Kerr County does not have a warning system on the river.<\/p>\n

When pressed by a reporter on why evacuations didn\u2019t take place Thursday evening, Kelly said, \u201cWe didn\u2019t know this flood was coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

TIMELINE: When the warnings began<\/p>\n