UPDATE: Flooded roadways slow traffic; City urges extreme caution
The City of Dallas Emergency Operations Center remains at a Level 3 (Monitoring Status) and is assisting in the coordination of response by multiple City departments to the flooding that happened overnight in Dallas. The City of Dallas received about 6.8 inches of rain in Northeast Dallas overnight. The lowest rain total in the city was 1.5 inches in far South Dallas.
In the overnight hours and into early morning, both the Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue Departments conducted numerous rescues of stranded drivers in the City. We have no casualties or major damage to property to report at this time.
The 3-1-1 Center and the Department of Streets Services continue to field calls of high water from citizens and are working to ensure that flooded roadways are barricaded to ensure the safety of drivers.
We continue to be in close contact with the National Weather Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Trinity Watershed Management Department to prepare for any impacts or river flooding as a result of this recent rainfall. A Flood Warning remains in effect for both the Trinity River and White Rock Creek, however, our Flood Control system continues to operate as designed to protect citizens from flood waters.
The City has Flooded Roadway warning signs activated at the following locations:
Hatcher, 4700
Illinois @ Linfield
Sargent @ Southerland
Simpson Stuart @ I-45
California Crossing @ Luna
Goodnight @ Walnut Hill
Inwood, 9800 @ Park
Luna @ Y
Tantor @ X
Wildwood @ California Crossing
Goforth @ Lanshire
Merriman Pkwy, 7400
West Lawther @ Northwest Hwy
Peavy @ Dixon Branch
White Rock Trail, 9200
Lake Highlands, 9500
Park Central @ LBJ
The following streets are closed:
Elsie F Higgins & Junction
4400 to 4600 Elsie F Higgens
Elsie F Higgins & Bruton
800 Plymouth
Good Latimer; between Swiss & Live Oak
W Lawther, between Go Forth and NW Hwy
4100 E Overton
Go Forth and W Lawther
Barricades en route to set up at the following locations:
N W Highway at Buckner, RH lanes on both sides
Duran at N W highway
Mockingbird and Lawther
Water department vehicles are en route to tow DFR firetruck. Wreckers are also en route to tow 2 DPD squad cars stranded due to high water. A number of traffic signals are flashing.
The City of Dallas continues to stress to people to not drive into water on roadways, or to drive around barricaded roadways. These barricades are put in place to protect lives and property from dangerous flooding.
