How Thursday unfolded: A timeline

How Thursday unfolded

Before 1 a.m.: Repeated rounds of thunderstorms move over the same areas of Kerr County, dropping rain in bursts throughout the early morning.

~3 a.m.: The National Weather Service upgrades to a Flash Flood Emergency for central Kerr County, including Hunt, Ingram and Kerrville.

~5 a.m.: A separate Flash Flood Emergency is issued for the Guadalupe River between Center Point and Bergheim after the Center Point gauge rises 32 feet in four hours. The City of Kerrville orders residents to shelter in place; an evacuation order follows for the Quinlan Creek area.

After 5 a.m.: The barge tied to the search for Cile Steward and Jeff Ramsey strikes and becomes wedged beneath the Sidney Baker Street bridge, captured on camera by a television crew.

8:09 a.m.: The National Weather Service extends its Flood Warning to the Guadalupe River at Hunt, forecasting a crest of 21.3 feet.

8 a.m.: The City of Kerrville’s Emergency Operations Center, stood up around 2 a.m., holds its first briefing, reporting Quinlan Creek evacuations nearly complete and the surface water plant offline.

Midday: The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office confirms the county’s first fatality, in Center Point. A separate search and rescue operation, aided by mutual aid crews from Marble Falls and Crosby, continues on Goat Creek Road, where at least one home was destroyed.

1:30 p.m.: Rainfall data show Ingram has already recorded 18.84 inches for the day, Kerrville 8.39 inches.

2:20 p.m.: The river at Hunt is found to have peaked at 20.5 feet — short of the morning’s 21.3-foot crest forecast — and is receding. The Flood Warning for Hunt is shortened to expire Friday evening.

Afternoon: The City of Kerrville holds its own press conference; Kerr County does not participate. KPUB and CTEC outages both fall sharply. Interstate 10 reopens in both directions.

7 p.m.: The Guadalupe River continues to recede but still moves with visible force through Kerrville and Center Point.