Red River Flood From Louisiana to Highway 8.
Red River flooding pictures from the Louisiana state line to the Foreman, Ark area Tuesday morning. Courtesy of Chance Lindsey.
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Tuesday Update – Officials Monitoring Levees Around the Clock
Emergency management officials are monitoring and working on the levees north of Texarkana around the clock. Workers are taking measurements along key points of the levee every two hours night and day. Numerous agencies from across the state and county…
Local Boy Rescues Trapped Baby Deer
16 year-old Luker Hays of Texarkana TX recently rescued a baby deer that had been swimming and became trapped in a barbed wire fence and near drowning on flooded pasture land in the Wamba bottoms. According to his dad Luker…
Monday Red River Flood Update
U.S. 259 Pecan Point N. of Dekalb – CLOSED Currently at forecast high of 34.9. Forecast to remain above 34 feet past June 6. Highway 8/41 between New Boston, Texas and Foreman, Ark. – CLOSED Texarkana Area FM 559 from…
Red River reaches The Boll Weevil
THIS POST IS FROM MAY OF 2015. THE RIVER IS NOT CURRENTLY FLOODING. The Red River at Fulton, Arkansas is on the rise. As of 1:00 p.m. Sunday the river was at 28.22 ft. and forecast to hit 32 feet…
Red Cross Opens Shelter in Texarkana
An update from Bowie County Judge James Carlow from just a few minutes ago. Posted by TXK Today on Saturday, May 30, 2015 As flood waters rise in parts of Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas; the American Red…
Richmond Road now closed at FM 1397
Richmond Rd. just north of the 1397 intersection Saturday afternoon. for more photos. Posted by TXK Today on Saturday, May 30, 2015 The Texas Department of Transportation has closed sections of two farm-to-market roads north of Texarkana due to…
No Sign of Water Receding Before Early June
The Red River continues to rise as many vital area roads remain closed. A drive from Texarkana to Ashdown now takes an hour instead of the usual 15 minutes due to the closure of Highway 71. Forecast don’t show any…
Bowie County opens flood command post
Bowie County officials have established a flood command post just north of town off of Richmond Rd. using the Texarkana, Texas Police Department mobile command post. Bowie County Emergency Management Officials along with Bowie County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Game…
Alternate routes due to flood closings
U.S. Highway 71 in Little River County High water on U.S. Highway 71 north of the Red River has closed a section of the route north of the Texas state line. The closure includes 2.47 miles of U.S. Highway 71…
Highway 71 Index Bridge Closing
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has shut down all lanes of Highway 71. Water level predictions indicate the road will be closed through at least June 2. For alternate routes see Highway 71 is closing. Southbound lanes shutting…
Thursday Red River flood road closures
U.S. 259 Pecan Point N. of Dekalb – CLOSED Currently at forecast high of 34.8. Forecast to remain above 34 feet past June 1. U.S. 259 and Highway 8 both remain closed due to high water. Here is a look…
Search for Little River County man continues on flooded Red River
Search crews have spent all day looking for a missing Little River County man after his parents were rescued this morning in the community of Richmond around 15 miles west of Ashdown, Arkansas. According to Little River County officials Steve…
Albert Pike among Arkansas swimming areas closed due to E. coli threat
A number of swimming areas in Arkansas have been confirmed closed due to an E. coli threat. According to the Arkansas Health Department the rainfall has washed lots of natural E. coli from runoff into the lakes. According to the…
TxDOT closes U.S. Highway 259 as water continues to rise
According to officials TxDOT has closed U.S. 259 north of DeKalb, Texas due to water crossing the roadway on the Texas side approaches to the bridge. Highway 8 is also closed at this time. The river is currently at 34.17…