https://freerepublic.com/tag/guadaluperiverflood/ en-us Sun, 6 Jul 2025 06:29:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4327109/posts The National Weather Service issued a series of upgraded warnings in quick succession as rivers across the region began to rise.Early Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a broad flood watch for parts of south-central Texas, including Kerr County, warning that a slow-moving storm system was expected to bring anything from scattered showers to intense storms through Friday morning. Such warnings are common when conditions are favorable for a weather event, and are often followed by a warning when a dangerous event is occurring or about to occur. And that’s what happened very early on Friday morning, when the... The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4327109/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2025 06:29:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4327105/posts The forecast began to look ominous in Texas Hill County on Thursday afternoon. A flood watch was issued by the National Weather Service at 1:18 p.m. that predicted up to 7 inches of isolated rainfall early Friday morning in South Central Texas, including Kerr County. By the time the sun rose on the Fourth of July, less than 24 hours later, as much as 12 inches of rain had fallen in parts of the region while its residents were asleep, according to NWS radar estimates. The Guadalupe River gauge at the unincorporated community of Hunt, where the river forks, recorded... The Texas tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4327105/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2025 05:19:33 GMT