Weather Warnings Gave Officials a 3 Hour, 21 Minute Window to Save Lives in Kerr County. What Happened Then Remains Unclear.

Three hours and 21 minutes.

That’s how much time passed from when the National Weather Service sent out its first flash flood warning for part of Kerr County to when the first flooding reports came in from low-lying water crossings.

The weather service says that first warning triggered one of many automatic alerts to cell phones and weather radios, telling people in the area of the danger.

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