Kerr County Alert System Issues

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· 20h · on MSN

Kerr County asked for a flood warning system and didn’t get it. Would it have made a difference?

Specifics of the flood warning system the county hoped to build are hard to come by.

· 15h · on MSN

Kerr County did not use its most far-reaching alert system in deadly Texas floods

· 1d · on MSN

Some Texas flood alerts were delayed as officials waited for authorization, former Kerr County official says

Texas Public Radio · 1d

Live updates: Trump touches down in Kerrville today as search operations continue

At least 120 people have died in Central Texas — and 161 are still missing in Kerr County alone — after flooding inundated the region over the weekend.

PBS · 1d

Plans for a flood warning system fell apart in Kerr County, leaving it vulnerable

abc7NY · 1d

Kerr County officials took 90 minutes to send emergency alert: Dispatch audio

WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.51d

Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows

At 4:22 a.m. on Friday, as Texas' Hill Country began to flood, a firefighter in Ingram – just upstream from Kerrville – asked the Kerr County Sheriff's Of

Kerr County was aware of flooding issues in 2016. A former commissioner explains why sirens weren't installed.

Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county couldn't get grants for sirens.

KSAT2d

Kerr County leaders not ready to answer questions on delayed CodeRED Alert

Kerr County officials on Wednesday declined to discuss why a voluntary emergency system was not activated July 4 until more than an hour after a first responder requested an alert go out.

How to set up emergency cellphone notifications for flash flood warnings and safety tips

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