NEWS
Area road closures from TxDOT; six inches of rain falls
Widespread Flooding in the Wichita Falls district, Texas Department of Transportation road closure update
Archer, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Wichita and Young Counties at 10:30 a.m. Thursday
New closures and flooded conditions are being reported. This list of roadways is constantly changing. Motorists are reminded to Turn Around…Don’t Drown. Also barricades and TxDOT manned closures are there to keep you safe. Going around the road block is illegal and punishable by a $2000 fine and up to 2 years in jail.
DriveTexas.Org is an excellent source to check these rapidly changing conditions.
ARCHER:
U.S. 281 has water on the roadway from S.H. 16 to Antelope. Open and passable at slow speeds
FM 1883 is clouded from FM 172 to SH 148.
CLAY
U.S. 287 Southbound is reduced to one lane because of water on the roadway. Slower speeds will get you through it.
FM 175 is CLOSED from SH 148 West to Shannon.
FM 172 from Scotland to Bluegrove has standing water. Passable with caution.
FM 1997 is CLOSED from Just North of Henrietta to FM 2332.
SH 148 is flooded just South of US 287. Passable with care.
Spur 510 North of US 287 is flooding. At this time it is passable with caution.
FM 1883 is CLOSED from FM 172 to SH 148.
COOKE
FM 1630 at Clear Creek is flooded. Precede with caution.
MONTAGUE
US 81 from FM 1806 North has water on the roadway. It is passable if you take it easy.
FM 1956 West of Nocona has standing water. Passable at slow speeds
FM1806 is CLOSED from Stoneburg to Bus Stop Road.
WICHITA
Old Iowa Park Road’s Northbound lanes are CLOSED due to flooding.
Debbie Hoover shared this photo of a vehicle under water at the Mill Street Railroad overpass from Wednesday night. Despite flashing police lights altering to the high water, the driver drove through and had to be rescued.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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