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Kerrville Police Begin Releasing Unredacted July 4 Flood 911 Calls After Legal Review

The department says a Texas Attorney General–guided review required full release to satisfy public-records requests.

Search and rescue crews look for bodies along the Guadalupe River near Ingram on Monday, July 8.
In an aerial view, the sun sets over the Guadalupe River on July 6, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas, leaving more than 80 people reported dead.
A member of a fire crew assess how to remove debris from a tree during continued search and recovery operations on the bank of the Guadalupe River on July 12, 2025 in Ingram, Texas.
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Overview

  • The audio is being provided to eight media outlets to comply with Freedom of Information Act and open-records requests.
  • Police Chief Chris McCall cautioned that the recordings are disturbing and said some callers did not survive, urging those affected to seek support.
  • Kerrville’s 911 center, staffed by two telecommunicators, began taking calls at 2:52 a.m. and handled 435 in about six hours, including more than 100 in a single hour.
  • Dispatchers transferred some calls to a neighboring center and, after collecting critical details, sometimes had to disconnect to answer the next emergency.
  • The July 4 Hill Country floods killed at least 136 people across multiple counties, including 25 girls and two counselors at Camp Mystic, after the Guadalupe River rose rapidly.