Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, October 21 to 25, 2009

In north Fort Worth, NE 28th Street at Decatur Avenue and Northside Drive at Cold Springs Road had to be closed due to cars stuck in both intersections. Water rescues were required on NE 28th Street. The Fort Worth Police Department responded to approximately 33 high water rescue calls during the rain event. The city of Fort Worth also experienced sewer overflows when rainfall entered the city's sewer pipe lines and flooded the system.

Multiple roads in Watagua were closed due to high water.

Numerous roads around the county were closed due to high water. Also, high water rescues were needed in Whitesboro on HWY 377.

A couple had to be rescued after driving into high water at the Spirit of the West Resort. Water from the lake at the resort was overflowing its banks due to heavy rainfall of 6-8 inches and flooding the surrounding roadways. The water was reported to be up to the headlights of the car. No one was injured, and the water began receding shortly after the rescue and was cleared by the next morning.

Four feet of water was reported on Icehouse Road near Sabathaney in northeastern Parker County.

A car was swept off the road at a low water crossing on Salesville Road that was covered with about 2.5 feet of water. The woman driver was rescued from the middle of the raging creek by a local resident. The road was barricaded after the incident. Local residents reported they had only seen the creek as high one other time.

At first, a few rural roads in the county were closed due to high water; however as the rain continued, heavy flooding of creeks and farmland occurred causing problems on additional roads in the county.

Creeks in Decordova were 3-5 feet out of their banks and flooding surrounding areas. At least 4 county roads were closed due to high water and several more low water crossing locations were barricaded. Just after midnight, a man had to be rescued from his truck after getting stuck at a low water crossing on Stroud Creek Avenue near Thorp Spring. The water was 2 feet deep in the low water crossing. The truck was swept into the raging Stroud Creek just moments after the man was rescued. The man was injured during the rescue.

Persistent rainfall resulted in the flooding of fields across the county. Some lesser traveled roads had water flowing over them, but no roads were closed.

Some roads in Harker Heights were barricaded due to high water.

Several streets in Lampasas were closed due to high water.

Numerous county roads and low water crossings were flooded. Several barricades were used to close roads. Several gravel roads in the eastern parts of the county were washed away. It was also reported that parts of SHs 56 and 22 had to be closed down. A recently rebuilt bridge on CR 3125 over Neils Creek was flooded out. The bridge had just been replaced last year.

Numerous low water crossings, FM roads, and county roads were impassable and barricaded. Flooding conditions were especially bad in Coryell City. Other reports included FM 1829 at Mound was closed and Hwy 236 at Mother Neff State Park was closed.

Mound Prairie Creek at SH 155 was out of its banks and flooding nearby pastures.

Flooding continued across the county with several roads impassable. Near Burleson, flooding of creeks and farmland continued. High water rescues were also reported in Lillian; including one at the intersection of CR 528 and CR 526.

Flooding continued along many creeks, rivers, and streams in the county; especially across the northern half of the county. In particular, heavy flooding was noted along the Mound Prairie Creek from near Elmtown to SH 155, and roads were impassable near the Trinity River in the eastern portions of the county.

Significant flooding problems continued across the county with several roads and low water crossings impassable. A few parks in the city of Gatesville were closed due to flooding.

Mother Neff State Park was closed for several days due to flooding of the park and its access roads.

A man had to be rescued from a low water crossing on Riverside Trail that was still covered in water several hours after the rainfall had ended. The water was up to the bumper of his stranded truck.