NEWS
Bowie, Montague County experience flooding
A car goes through high water along Patterson Street near Nelson Street shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. There were many flooded streets across the city, as well as in Nocona and Saint Jo. Numerous highways and farm-to-market roads also were closed due to high water after more than three inches of rain fell today. The rain was expected to continue into the night.
TxDOT CLOSURES AND FLOODING UPDATE FOR 4:10 JUNE 17, 2015
Clay Co:
FM 1954- From FM 2393 to FM 2606 in the Lake Arrowhead Area is CLOSED due to high water.
Cooke Co:
I-35 Frontage Rd – In Valley View and at the Red River Bridge are CLOSED. Exit/On ramps may be affected as well. However the Interstate is OPEN.
FM 1199- Water running over the roadway from just West of Sycamore Lake “T” to CR 409. Please do not travel across high water.
FM 1199- Water running over the roadway just North of US 82. Please do not travel across high water. Motorist should expect delays.
Montague Co:
All roadways in Montague county at 4:10pm have some degree of flooding. These roads could CLOSE without notice. Motorists should expect random closures and be prepared
FM 81 (Mill St.) at FM 1125 at the railroad underpass is CLOSED due to flooding.
FM 2583 at the boat dock at Amon Carter Lake is CLOSED.
US 81 at FM 1806 has high water and could close at any time.
FM1956 is CLOSED from Bluemound Rd to FM3301.
Remember to go to DRIVETEXAS.ORG for road conditions.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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