Terrifying video shows Texas flash floods surge 26 feet in just 45 minutes

What was supposed to be a peaceful Fourth of July afternoon turned into a devastating catastrophe for the Texan people affected by the floods that surged 26 feet in a matter of 45 minutes.

The number of fatalities exceeded 100, with Kerrville mayor Joe Herring Jr. disclosing on Monday that local officials “didn’t even have a warning” ahead of the floods, the Daily Beast reported. “I did not receive a flood notification. I did not know.

Further, Herring told CNN’s Pamela Brown in an interview Monday through tears, “I think everyone in Kerrville, everyone in Kerr County, wishes we had some way to warn those people,” “I’ve lost two friends. We loved them. And they’re gone. They’re gone.”

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The floods were caused after storm dumped more than a foot of rain on the region and the Guadalupe River overflowed into nearby roads.

At a Friday press conference, Texas Emergency Management Chief W. Nim Kidd expressed frustration over the inaccurate weather reports, stating, “the original forecast that we received Wednesday from the National Weather Service predicted 3-6 inches of rain in the Concho Valley and 4-8 inches in the Hill Country.”

Inside a cabin at Camp Mystic in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas/ Reuters via Daily Beast

The floods swept away Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp in Kerr County. Camp’s nurse Devon Paige shared a video of the girls having fun taken just an hour before the catastrophe struck. At the time of the tragic floods, the camp hosted around 750 girls — 27 of them lost their lives.

A woman that goes by @kelseycrowder_ on TikTok shared a video of the devastating floods and the moment the river raised.

She captured the video, “Frio River Flood 2025. NATURE. IS. WILD.”

@kelseycrowder_ Frio River Flood 2025. NATURE. IS. WILD. #FrioRiver #frioriverconcantx #frioriverflood2025 #concanTX #FYP #4thofjulyflood ♬ original sound – Kelsey Crowder

In the response of the video, many people criticized the removal of flash flood alerts by the National Weather Service.

“They got rid of the National Weather System so those alerts that say FLASH FLOOD WARNING were not sent out! Some of these occurred like at 4am mind you,” one person commented.

“Imagine if there was a way to warn people in advance,” another added.

A third person commented, “Texas didn’t have a weather advisory because that fool cut the budget of the national weather service.”

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