Kendall County receives money for outdoor warning sirens

Kendall County commissioners voted 4-0 this week to accept a $1 million grant from the Texas Water Development Board to purchase and install outdoor warning sirens.  The grant stems from the severe flooding that hit Kendall County the morning of July 4.  The wall of water hit the Hunt area at 5 a.m. before going through Kendall County just before 11 a.m.

County officials say they want to ensure the new sirens can communicate with alert systems used in neighboring counties, including Kerr County.  There is currently no timeline for when the sirens will be installed, but county leaders want to take time to evaluate vendors, equipment and coordinate with first responders first.

Kendall County already has warning sirens located in the Comfort area.  The grant is intended to improve those sirens but also add sirens to the county’s other flood-prone areas along the Guadalupe River all the way to the other border near Kendalia.

No one from the county is believed to have died as a result of the flooding, but major damage was reported.