Flood Warning for Lamar, TX
What: Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is occurring. Impacts: Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. It will take several hours for all the water...
Official alert brief
WHAT
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is occurring.
WHERE
Lamar County in north central Texas.
WHEN
Until 200 PM CDT.
IMPACTS
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
At 1054 AM CDT, Emergency management reported flooding still ongoing across northern portions of Lamar county where between 3 and 8 inches of rain have fallen. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Paris, Reno, Blossom, Lake Crook, Powderly, Camp Maxey, Lake Gibbons, Sumner, Pat Mayse Lake, Pattonville, Arthur City, Deport, Novice, Toco, Sun Valley, Faught, Atlas, Glory, Biardstown and Midcity.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Keep children away from storm drains, culverts, creeks and streams. Water levels can rise rapidly and sweep children away. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe.