Texas Flash Flood Event July 4, 2025

[Central Ohio Wx]

Where are you seeing this number? Source please.

I’ll provide once I find the news source; the media is all over the floods so it’s hard to find the exact story.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

I’ll provide once I find the news source; the media is all over the floods so it’s hard to find the exact story.

Found it. I was wrong about it being an SAR operator, but a deputy commander of the United Cajun Navy, a volunteer organization. He says the number is most likely in the 500-600 range.

 

[Muwx]

Another stalled out storm in the area absolutely dumping rain. I think this was fairly unexpected. They can’t catch a break down there.

 

[N0mz]

Another stalled out storm in the area absolutely dumping rain. I think this was fairly unexpected. They can’t catch a break down there.

The storms on the afternoon of the 4th into the 5th must have really hurt search and rescue, and these are probably affecting recovery as well

 

[akt1985]

Unfortunately, it might take weeks, even months to find all the victims. At least the death toll has slowed for now at 121.

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5462703/texas-floods-search-efforts

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

Unfortunately, it might take weeks, even months to find all the victims. At least the death toll has slowed for now at 121.

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5462703/texas-floods-search-efforts

I can see why. Holy crap.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

I can see why. Holy crap.

It gets so much worse than that. There’s a photo (I need to find it) of a truck upside down, chassis basically the only thing left, tires not where they should be, half-buried under mud. Looked like a violent tornado came through, but it was from floodwaters.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

It gets so much worse than that. There’s a photo (I need to find it) of a truck upside down, chassis basically the only thing left, tires not where they should be, half-buried under mud. Looked like a violent tornado came through, but it was from floodwaters.

Not the exact photo, but has the same effect.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

It gets so much worse than that. There’s a photo (I need to find it) of a truck upside down, chassis basically the only thing left, tires not where they should be, half-buried under mud. Looked like a violent tornado came through, but it was from floodwaters.

Hydraulics is as powerful or maybe more powerful than an EF5 tornado.

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

This is a pretty damning article by the Texas Tribune

In 2021, Kerr County was awarded a $10.2 million windfall from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, which Congress passed that same year to support local governments impacted by the pandemic. Cities and counties were given flexibility to use the money on a variety of expenses, including those related to storm-related infrastructure. Corpus Christi, for example, allocated $15 million of its ARPA funding to “rehabilitate and/or replace aging storm water infrastructure.” Waco’s McLennan County spent $868,000 on low water crossings.

Kerr County did not opt for ARPA to fund flood warning systems despite commissioners discussing such projects nearly two dozen times since 2016. In fact, a survey sent to residents about ARPA spending showed that 42% of the 180 responses wanted to reject the $10 million bonus altogether, largely on political grounds.

“I’m here to ask this court today to send this money back to the Biden administration, which I consider to be the most criminal treasonous communist government ever to hold the White House,” one resident told commissioners in April 2022, fearing strings were attached to the money.

“We don't want to be bought by the federal government, thank you very much,” another resident told commissioners. “We'd like the federal government to stay out of Kerr County and their money.”

When it was all said and done, the county approved $7 million in ARPA dollars on a public safety radio communications system for the sheriff’s department and county fire services to meet the community’s needs for the next 10 years, although earlier estimates put that contract at $5 million. Another $1 million went to sheriff’s employees in the form of stipends and raises, and just over $600,000 went towards additional county positions. A new walking path was also created with the ARPA money.

Another important note is the flood warning system officials wanted to install would've only cost 1 million dollars. It was desperately needed as the county's population has doubled over the last 10 years and several of the residences were built in the flood zone. The outdated warning system they currently have only uses flashing lights and had no sirens to alert communities of rising waters.

Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.

www.texastribune.org

 

[akt1985]

Unfortunately there is a Flash Flood Watch for most of Texas west of I-35 this weekend, including the Texas Hill Country.

 

[Muwx]

Moderate risk out for Kerrville

 

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[Jbop]

 

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[KakashiHatake2000]

i hope that this is true i tried to find out more info with there being any creditable sources such as from the news stations in texas just stuff from days ago so no new info other than it being not good news