This water was "gushing" through the drainage system at the Southwest Dairy Museum on Tuesday
morning, as it was headed for an already flooded creek, near the Civic Center.

Rain, Rain, & More Rain
Flooding Thoughout Hopkins County Area

by: Bobby McDonald

Swollen out of the banks....the creek that runs East of the main Hopkins County Regional Civic Center
and Sulphur Springs High School complexes was swollen out of the banks and over the bridges,
Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m., and heavy rain was still falling in Hopkins County.

Tuesday morning brought another two to five inches of rain to an already "soaked" Hopkins County. Creeks throughout the county were reported out of their banks and many of them over the road, causing the closing of some major Farm to Market Roads in Hopkins County, as well as County Roads. High water had road closures in the Saltillo and Sulphur Bluff areas of the county, as White Oak Creek was out of the banks and causing extensive flooding.

"There just isn't anywhere for the water to go, as the soil is saturated," expressed one local resident. "The bottoms and creeks are overflowing with water that just 'runs off' and has nowhere to go, but the low lying areas!"

This scene was west of Gerald Prim Stadium and near the Civic Center Equine Pavillion, as high water
rushed through the area, overflowing the creek.

Some local livestock producers were concerned about cattle that possibly were "trapped" in the creek bottom pastures and were making attempts to locate them, on Tuesday morning.

Rains continued throughout Monday night and Tuesday morning, with more predicted through the day on Tuesday, with possibly more on Wednesday. "We need some sunshine and clear weather, so things can dry out," expressed another exasperated land owner! We've had about enough!"

Streets throughout Sulphur Springs were flooded, causing some traffic "snarls" and flooding in low areas, also.

Flooding was apparent all over Hopkins County, on Tuesday, as there is no place for the water to go!

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