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

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

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.

Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches with isolated amounts of 3 to 5 inches are possible, the National Weather Service said.

The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the early-morning flash floods along the Guadalupe River

In the wake of the central Texas flash flooding, after local officials pointed fingers at the National Weather Service for its alerts and forecasts, the agency responded: The NWS alerts gave several hours of lead time,

The administration wants to reduce the agency's budget by $2.2 billion, eliminating research that might help advance AI weather models.

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

"It's not community to community. It's a national system," Sen. Maria Cantwell said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

As searchers continue to look for victims in the deadly flash flooding in Texas, officials are answering questions about the weather forecasts ahead of and during the storm.

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.

The flood warning is in effect until Tuesday, July 15, at 7 a.m. for the Frio River. NWS said that major flooding is forecast for the Frio River below Dry Frio, with the National Water Prediction Service predicting the river will hit 18.6 feet at around 5 p.m. The major flood stage for the Frio River is 17 feet.