A Texas official said the forecast provided by the National Weather Service underestimated the amount of rain that lashed central Texas before devastating flooding.
Boerne search and rescue teams navigate upstream in an inflatable boat on the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Comfort, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas with multiple fatalities reported.
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Nim Kidd, the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, said the original forecast received on Wednesday from the weather service predicted 3 to 6 inches of rain in the Concho Valley and 4 to 8 inches of rain in the Hill Country.
The state emergency operations center began daily briefings Thursday on the potential for flooding.
“But listen, everybody got the forecast from the National Weather Service, right?” Kidd said during a news conference Friday, adding, “It did not predict the amount of rain that we saw.”
