On This Date: Another Deadly Guadalupe River Texas Flash Flood Jonathan ErdmanJuly 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM Earlier this month, the Guadalupe River, Texas, flash flood was the nation's deadliest rainfall flood in almost 50 years. Unfortunately, this same river has a notorious history.
- - - On This Date: Another Deadly Guadalupe River Texas Flash Flood
Jonathan ErdmanJuly 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this month, the Guadalupe River, Texas, flash flood was the nation's deadliest rainfall flood in almost 50 years. Unfortunately, this same river has a notorious history.
On July 17, 1987, 38 years ago today, a wall of water roared down the Guadalupe River after 10 to 12 inches of rain fell west of Hunt in Kerr County.
That day, over 300 kids were wrapping up a church camp along the river near the town of Comfort, about 30 miles downstream from where the torrential rain occurred the previous night. The National Weather Service issued its first flash flood warning at 1:01 a.m. for both nearby Kerr and Real counties.
At both 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., local law enforcement warned the camp of the flood wave, and the camp was then evacuated by buses and a van.
Finding one low water crossing already flooded, the buses tried another route, according to the National Weather Service. But the final bus stalled in flood water and the van behind it then became stranded.
Tragically, as those stranded were trying to scurry to dry ground, the wall of water well over 6 feet high hit them, scattering 43 people into the raging torrent.
While a series of helicopter rescues saved 33 lives, some of whom were clinging to trees, 10 children drowned in the flood.
Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him on Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.
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