"On July 17, 1987, a sudden flash flood swept a bus full of children away at a low water crossing. The incident occurred near the town of Comfort, Texas, which lies about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of San Antonio. At the time, the Pot O' Gold Ranch, which is situated on the south side of the river about two miles southwest of Comfort, was hosting a church camp, with over 300 children from various churches attending. On the night of July 16 and into the morning of the 17th, almost 12 inches (300 mm) of rain had fallen across the Texas hill country to the north, triggering immense flooding on the Guadalupe River. The camp was scheduled to end on the 17th and the children were going home later that day, but camp supervisors at the ranch decided to evacuate the children early that morning before it rose too high. At around 9 am that morning, the children were loaded into buses and the buses were directed to a low water crossing."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalupe_River_(Texas)
Almost 40 years ago, 10 children died in a Comfort flood that shook Texas
I’ll point out that Comfort incident happened about 30 miles down stream as the crow flies well after the convergence of the North and South Forks of the Guadalupe River converged. I haven’t seen any reports that the camps along the South Fork were flooded at the time.
I remember that very well.
For this one, The NWS gave a flash flood WARNING two hours before this event happened. The areas nearest the river should have been evacuated. They weren’t.
I haven’t found the exact times yet… I guess it was very early morning?
They’re going to have to find a way to make this happen. Or, learn to accept multi-death events every 30-40 years.