A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.

Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,