Caption:	First responders carry out search and rescue operations near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area.
Mandatory Credit:	Eli Hartman/AP via CNN Newsource

Caption: First responders carry out search and rescue operations near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area.
Mandatory Credit: Eli Hartman/AP via CNN Newsource

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A perfect storm of circumstances created a worst-case scenario for flooded Texas communities

In the early hours of Independence Day, rain pelted sleeping communities in central Texas. No one knew yet how devastating the storm would become.