A Texas official mentioned the forecast offered by the Nationwide Climate Service underestimated the quantity of rain that lashed central Texas earlier than devastating flooding.
Boerne search and rescue groups navigate upstream in an inflatable boat on the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Consolation, Texas. Heavy rainfall triggered flooding alongside the Guadalupe River in central Texas with a number of fatalities reported.
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Nim Kidd, the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Administration, mentioned the unique forecast acquired on Wednesday from the climate service predicted 3 to six inches of rain within the Concho Valley and 4 to eight inches of rain within the Hill Nation.
The state emergency operations heart started every day briefings Thursday on the potential for flooding.
“However hear, all people bought the forecast from the Nationwide Climate Service, proper?” Kidd mentioned throughout a information convention Friday, including, “It didn’t predict the quantity of rain that we noticed.”
