Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.

Several flood warnings and watches were issued across Central Texas on Sunday, including in the areas inundated by deadly flooding last week.

Texas forecasters issued a series of early-morning warnings about “life-threatening flooding” along the Guadalupe River.

Scattered thunderstorms are ongoing this evening for parts of North Texas. This activity is expected to continue overnight and throughout Sunday. While not a washout for the area, where storms do set up, they are carrying abundant moisture, leading to rain rates as high as 2" per hour in some spots.

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of warning.

The early warnings and alerts from the National Weather Service didn’t indicate a catastrophic flood was on its way.

"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.

After the catastrophic flash flooding in central Texas on July 4, 2025, users online claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was ultimately to blame for the flood's 100 deaths due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service.

After flash flooding struck Texas, the NWS came under fire from local officials who criticized what they described as inadequate forecasts.

Parts of Central Texas are under yet another flood watch this weekend. The impacted areas are the same as those hit by the July 4 deadly floods.