Overview

• The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning for Kerr County at 1:14 a.m. on July 4, later extending and upgrading it to an emergency.
• It remains unclear if Camp Mystic leader Richard “Dick” Eastland saw the urgent 1:14 a.m. alert before the flood surge, which is central to current investigations.
• Eastland, who monitored rainfall via a home weather station, began evacuating campers around 2 a.m. and died attempting to rescue girls swept away by the deluge.
• Spotty cellphone coverage at the remote camp forced staff to rely on Wi-Fi and walkie-talkies, severely hampering timely evacuation notifications.
• Officials are probing the camp’s emergency plan and a 2013 FEMA flood-map amendment after at least 132 people died in the flash flood.