As the rains fell on Northeast Tarrant County early Wednesday, residents called for sandbags, roads and parks were closed and an emergency operations center was opened.
Hurst spokeswoman Ashleigh Whiteman said the city had five calls for sandbags Wednesday morning, “which is very low for this kind of rain. "We've gotten 4.7 inches of rain in the last 24 hours, according to our service center rain gauge.”Calls to the service center started about 7:30 a.m. from residents asking for sandbags, Whiteman said. But only one resident, on Hurstview Drive, reported water in the house.Little Bear Creek was almost out of its banks under Bear Creek Parkway, and Euless closed the crossing early Wednesday.Colleyville police reported closures of the usual low-water crossings on Jackson Road, two on Oak Knoll Road and one on Cheshire Drive.Colleyville spokeswoman Mona Gandy said that a donkey rescue was in progress there. Several were trapped in a field with 4 to 5 feet of water on John McCain Road near Cedar Road.Marshall Creek in Trophy Club peaked about 6:30 a.m. but didn’t spill over at Trophy Club Drive, a main thoroughfare in and out of the town.Trophy Club spokeswoman April Reiling said crews were staged and ready with digital message boards and cones to divert traffic, but as of 10 a.m. the creek began to recede.Reiling said Freedom Dog Park and Trophy Club Park closed due to flooding.A red-light outage occurred at 114 and Trophy Club Drive but was repaired by around 8 a.m., she said.Keller officials activated its Emergency Operations Center on Wednesday morning.Sections of roadways were closed, including U.S. 377 (Main Street) near Mt. Gilead Road, and a portion of Bear Creek Parkway between Whitley Road and Rufe Snow Drive.Flooding on Texas 121 around Murphy Drive slowed commuters to a crawl early Wednesday, said Lara Kohl, spokeswoman for Bluebonnet Contractors, the company building the North Tarrant Expressway."There were no real delays," she said. "Bluebonnet was called out there, and we opened some drains and traffic was moving again."Grapevine spokeswoman Mona Burk said the city escaped without dramatic flooding of streets and buildings, but low-lying areas were affected.“Parr Park, Bear Creek Park and all trails in south Grapevine are closed until further notice,” she said.Staff writers Nick Sakelaris, Susan McFarland and Martha Deller contributed to this report.Have more to add? News tip? Tell us
