Major cities under heat alerts include New Orleans, Memphis, Little Rock, St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and Minneapolis.

Richard “Dick” Eastland began taking action after more than 2 inches of rain had fallen in the area along the Guadalupe River, a family spokesperson said.

A National Weather Service project to automatically translate certain forecasts faces an uncertain future amid widespread budget cuts.

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“The NWS leveraged advanced tools like the Amber Alert software to send critical flood warnings directly to wireless devices, ensuring widespread awareness,” Jackson wrote in an email.

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The NWS issued a series of alerts as the storm developed, based on real-time data and model forecasts. Below is a detailed timeline of the warning process: ...