AUSTIN (KXAN) -- While Kerr County officials say they didn't know how bad the July 4 flooding would be, it warned residents nearly eight years ago to "be flood aware" about the ongoing potential for "monstrous and devastating flash floods."

"The topography is favorable for water to not just stagnate but to rush down rivers, creeks and streams," said Cary Burgess, a Hill Country meteorologist. "If you get three or four inches of rain at one time, that could be a real serious problem."

Kerr County received as much as three to four times that, according to reports.

In September 2017, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority sounded the alarm in an online video produced........

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