City of Kerrville
What to Know:
- UTA received $4 million from Gov. Greg Abbott’s office to develop a real-time flood warning system for the Hill Country.
- The project will use weather monitoring, flood modeling and floodplain maps to improve warning times.
- UTA is partnering with Rice University to build the warning platform.
What to Know:
- Kerrville Public Utility Board is leading a regional partnership funded through the Texas Middle Mile Program to strengthen flood monitoring and warning capabilities in Kerr County.
- The buildout is designed to move data from stream and rain gauges, weather stations and Texas Department of Transportation bridge sensors in near real time.
- Partners include river authorities, local governments, Hill Country Telephone Cooperative and the Texas Department of Transportation.
What to Know:
- The petition calls on the city of Kerrville and Kerr County Commissioners' Court to install an outdoor early warning siren system for life-threatening emergencies.
- The petition had gained 39,344 signatures as of Thursday morning.
- It remains unclear how Kerr County’s existing set of emergency monitors was deficient or if it failed during the deadly July 4 flash flooding along the Guadalupe River.
