{"id":376210,"date":"2026-07-17T00:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376210\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T00:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:27:20","slug":"all-campers-along-the-guadalupe-river-in-kerr-county-are-safe-sheriffs-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376210\/","title":{"rendered":"All campers along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County are safe, sheriff’s office says"},"content":{"rendered":"

KERR COUNTY, Texas \u2014 Summer camps along the Guadalupe River are being closely watched Thursday morning as flash flooding impacts parts of Kerr County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday morning that it has confirmed all campers at Kerr County camps are safe. <\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office, Kerr County and the City of Kerrville said they are actively responding to major flooding along the Guadalupe River and its tributaries, with first responders engaged in multiple water rescue operations across the county.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Kerrville, Fredericksburg and Harper until 11 a.m. Thursday as heavy rain moved through the Hill Country.<\/p>\n

Several summer camps in the area said they have not had to evacuate so far. <\/p>\n

Camp CAMP posted Thursday morning and said everyone at the camp is safe and sheltering in place.<\/p>\n

The camp said continued rain has flooded Skyline Drive, forcing the road to close, and travel to the area is not safe. Officials said the camp sits on a ridge more than 80 feet above the river, all cabins are dry and campers and staff have enough food and supplies.<\/p>\n

The camp said it is in contact with Kerr County Emergency Management and the Texas Division of Emergency Management. <\/p>\n

Hermann Sons Life posted and said campers are safe at camp, with water and food available.<\/p>\n

The camp said roads leading to camp have flooded and urged parents not to try to pick up their children because it could put them and their campers in danger. The camp said campers are not panicking and will follow a rainy-day schedule with breakfast and indoor activities.<\/p>\n

Camp Waldemar posted and said that everyone at the camp is safe.<\/p>\n

Camp La Junta says they have not evacuated, are safe, and are keeping in touch with parents. Camp Stewart also said its campers and counselors are doing well.<\/p>\n

Other camps posted updates Wednesday, with some asking for prayers and others sharing videos while saying they were continuing to monitor conditions.<\/p>\n

The flooding comes almost exactly one year after the July 4 flooding that killed more than 130 people<\/a> in Kerr County. At Camp Mystic, 27 people were swept away and killed<\/a>. Most of them were children. According to The Texas Tribune<\/a>, Camp Mystic was one of 13 summer camps along the Guadalupe River built on land prone to flooding.<\/p>\n

Video from Kerrville on Thursday morning showed the Guadalupe River moving quickly and overtaking some trees.<\/p>\n

The DriveTexas map showed several issues across the Kerrville area, including crashes, road closures and flooding impacts.<\/p>\n

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The DriveTexas map showed several issues across the Kerrville area, including crashes, road closures and flooding impacts. (Credit: Drive Texas)<\/p>\n

The Kerr County Sheriff\u2019s Office posted on Facebook Thursday morning, calling it an \u201cextremely dangerous flooding situation countywide.\u201d They said the flooding situation was extremely dangerous countywide and urged people on safe, high ground to stay put.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office said Kerr County Emergency Management reported 3 to 6 inches of rain had already fallen by 3 a.m., with rainfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour expected to continue.<\/p>\n

Officials said flash flooding was already occurring, with evacuations, escalating water rescues and water beginning to enter structures. Rises were also expected along the Guadalupe River.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office urged people to move to higher ground and avoid travel unless they were fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order<\/p>\n

Officials urged anyone in danger to move to higher ground immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KERR COUNTY, Texas \u2014 Summer camps along the Guadalupe River are being closely watched Thursday morning as flash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-376210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}