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Kerr County flood-warning team proposes automated, phased system to give residents more lead time
Summary
A county-created flood-warning team presented a phased plan to design automated prediction and alert systems, with requirements work to be completed by December and design work in early 2026.
A team formed to design a countywide flood-warning system outlined a phased plan on Sept. 22 aimed at giving people at risk more notice of life-threatening floods.
Former Commissioner Tom Moser, who is leading the effort, told the Kerr County Commissioners Court the team includes representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, Kerr County, the cities of Ingram and Kerrville, long-range planning and emergency management. “Our concept is to establish and maintain a unified flood warning system with fully automated capability that provides adequate warning of an impending life threatening flood in sufficient time for people at risk to reach safety,” Moser said.
Moser said the project will be executed in phases. Between now and December the team will “establish the requirements for design, development, and testing” and prepare requests for proposals and grant support. He described a follow-on design and development phase from January through March 2026 to select contractors and begin implementing prediction and projection components, with additional implementation work scheduled for next summer.
Moser described the system’s two major elements as prediction and projection. The prediction component will model flood likelihood and timing; the projection component would trigger automated warnings — for example, sirens or cell-phone alerts — when thresholds are met. Moser did not provide technical vendor names or contract terms at the presentation.
Court members did not take a purchasing action on Sept. 22; Moser said the immediate work is drafting requirements, preparing RFPs and supporting grant applications. The presentation included outreach and stakeholder coordination as explicit near-term tasks.
The court heard the presentation during the public-input portion of its regular meeting. Court members and staff later discussed county recovery work elsewhere on the agenda, including debris removal and coordination with FEMA and state agencies.
County residents and officials will likely see further public updates as the team develops requirements and issues formal procurement documents later this year.
