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Wimberley council seeks focused task force for local emergency alerts after July storms

5806761 · July 17, 2025
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Summary

Councilmembers instructed staff to form a small, local task force to examine sirens, cell‑broadcasts and other emergency alerting options for weather and flood events, coordinating with Hays County, EOC, ESD and other stakeholders before pursuing broader regional solutions.

The City Council moved to create a focused, locally led task force to examine options for emergency notifications — including outdoor sirens, county and cell‑broadcast alerts, and other communications channels — after discussion of the July storm responses. Councilmembers and emergency managers said multiple notification methods exist (cell‑broadcast alerts via towers, reverse 911, social media and sirens) but that a tailored approach is needed for the Wimberley valley because many…

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