07-05-2025, 09:49 PM
(07-05-2025, 09:32 PM)RonT (aka Ombligo) Wrote: Forecasters in the Austin-New Braunfels National Weather Service office issued a flash flood watch at 1:18 p.m. Thursday - the Flash flood hit the area 2+ hours later.
Seems like the NWS did its job, and the issue rests with the camp not getting warned by local authorities. There should have been time to evacuate; often, it is just a matter of moving a short distance to higher ground.
As I'm understanding it, those first alerts were pretty mild, not enough to lead to evacuations. The amount of rain was underestimated.
The "life threatening emergency" alerts didn't go out until 4 am Friday morning. With no county alert system, the people at the camp slept through that, until the river overtook them.