As families and search crews sift through debris, mangled trees and toppled vehicles in Kerr County after the catastrophic Fourth of July flooding, authorities are facing growing questions about whether enough warnings were issued.

In July 1987, an eerily similar flood struck campers along the Guadalupe River. In the early morning of July 17, 1987, between 5 and 10 inches of rain fell across the upper Guadalupe River basin, according to the National Weather Service,