Resident rain gauges show up to 4 inches across Kerr County as flooding continues

URGENT UPDATE

Crowdsourced rain gauge data from Kerr County residents Sunday morning shows rainfall totals ranging from under an inch to more than 4 inches, with the heaviest amounts concentrated in Mountain Home and along FM 1340.

The highest reported total came from Janet Dugart near FM 1340, who measured 4 inches by late morning. Edens Weekley in Mountain Home reported 4.16 inches, while Deadra Grandazzo measured 2 inches in Mountain Home off FM 479.

In Kerrville proper, residents reported varying amounts across neighborhoods: Cindy Dawn Hutzler measured 3 inches around First Street and Tomahawk, while Priscilla Juarez Jarecke hit 3 inches off Warbler Drive. Teresa Reder Gross reported 2 inches in Riverhill, and Sylvia A Williams measured 1.5 inches in south Kerrville on Madrona Drive.

Other neighborhood reports included Matt Wilkinson with 1.4 inches in the Ridgeland neighborhood, Mary Nixon with 1.25 inches near Riverhill, and Debra Kennimer Linn recording 1.5 inches in Saddlewood Estate. Steven Berg measured 2.06 inches at FM 1340 and Midwaters Drive.

Leslie Carlson VanDrasek reported 2.5 inches nine miles south of town, while Wendy Holt measured the same amount off Harper Road on Village Drive. Marissa Anderson recorded 2 inches “up the hill off 16 and 173,” and Nanette Newbern measured over 2 inches off Highway 16 North of Interstate 10.

The citizen reports align with National Weather Service warnings of 2 to 4 inches generally, with isolated areas potentially receiving up to 12 inches. Meteorologists warned that soils saturated from last week’s heavy rainfall create “a dangerous situation” as runoff will quickly cause rivers to rise to dangerous levels.

Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly has restricted Highway 39 access and evacuated volunteers from the Guadalupe River basin, which is expected to crest at 13.2 feet late Sunday afternoon — more than 3 feet above flood stage.

“We want all unsupervised volunteers out of the river basin,” Kelly said. “If we don’t know we’re there we can’t help them.”