AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In the hours before catastrophic July 4 flooding killed at least 117 people in Kerr County, it was business as usual for Kerrville Police -- until it wasn't.

Newly released records, obtained by KXAN through a public information request, reveal calls to police and 911 before, during and after the flood. On July 3, showing no obvious signs of the impending storm, police responded to typical small city problems: traffic accidents, residential and business alarms going off, harassment, a welfare check, a disabled vehicle, "suspicious" activity. The first emergency call for help came the next morning around 3:34 a.m. requesting a "Water Rescue."

What followed was a series cascading pleas for lifesaving response.

At least nine more water rescues, a dozen requests for assistan

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