Some areas of Texas received up to 20 inches of rain last week as remnants from two tropical systems met over the state, unleashing flash floods that proved both deadly and destructive. The storms delivered a dramatic burst of moisture to a parched landscape,

Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.

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

Scattered thunderstorms are ongoing this evening for parts of North Texas. This activity is expected to continue overnight and throughout Sunday. While not a washout for the area, where storms do set up, they are carrying abundant moisture, leading to rain rates as high as 2" per hour in some spots.

Key positions at National Weather Service offices across Texas are vacant, sowing doubt over the state’s ability to respond to natural disasters as rescuers comb through the flood-ravaged Hill Country.