Kerrville slammed by historic flooding as search and rescue crews scramble to find missing people

Texas Flash Flood Emergency prompts rescues on riverbanks

Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding passim the south-central Texas municipality of Kerrville connected Friday morning. Local reports accidental rescuers were called to assistance radical stranded connected rooftops and to analyse a location swept distant by the swollen river.

KERRVILLE, Texas – Search and Rescue crews are scrambling to find missing radical and assistance countless others successful dire request aft catastrophic flooding from a swollen Guadalupe River swept done the Kerrville country connected Friday morning.

The Kerr County Sheriff's Office confirmed connected Friday greeting that determination were fatalities, but did not springiness an nonstop number. 

Kerr County received much than 7 inches of rainfall – which overmuch higher amounts upstream. An ensuing partition of h2o surged done the Guadalupe River, raising stream levels implicit 20 feet an successful hour, according to the National Weather Service.

At slightest 1 location was swept distant adjacent the stream with extended flood harm successful the metropolis adjacent the stream banks. 

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"We didn't cognize this flood was coming," Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said. "Rest assured, nary 1 knew this benignant of flood was coming."

Videos from Friday greeting amusement the Guadalupe River truthful high, it astir crosses implicit a span wherever postulation is inactive crossing. 

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Kelly confirmed successful a property league Friday day that "dozens" of swift h2o rescues had been done truthful far. 

Social media feeds from the country are afloat of pleas for assistance to find missing people. 

Camp Mystic, a Christian campy for girls, says immoderate of their girls are unaccounted for aft "catastrophic flooding" swept done the campy area. 

The camp, conscionable 18 miles from Kerrville successful Hunt, said it is conducting hunt and rescue for campers but assistance has been limited. The road into the campy washed away, making it challenging to get further help, the campy said. Power is out, and the net is severed.  

A Flash Flood Emergency was successful effect for Kerrville for respective hours until 3 p.m. CDT Friday. 

Deadly flooding on the raging Guadelupe River successful Kerrville, Texas connected July 4, 2025.

(KABB-TV / FOX Weather)

Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring expressed his appreciation to archetypal responders Friday morning. 

"Thank you to the men and women moving to prevention lives, to prevention property," Herring said, emotionally. "Please commune for our community."

Multiple shelters are unfastened crossed Kerrville for those displaced crossed the city.