Two back-to-back floods soak Bosque County

No fatalities, some property damage

  • An SUV sits in floodwaters on Riverside Drive in Clifton City Park the morning after emergency responders performed a swift rescue of a commuter on Thursday morning, October 26. Nathan Diebenow | The Clifton Record
    An SUV sits in floodwaters on Riverside Drive in Clifton City Park the morning after emergency responders performed a swift rescue of a commuter on Thursday morning, October 26. Nathan Diebenow | The Clifton Record
  • Two back-to-back floods soak Bosque County
    Two back-to-back floods soak Bosque County
  • Two back-to-back floods soak Bosque County
    Two back-to-back floods soak Bosque County
  • Two back-to-back floods soak Bosque County
    Two back-to-back floods soak Bosque County
  • Last week, flood waters missed the HE Building at the fair grounds in Clifton (pictured, top to bottom) but left a tree trunk damaging a retaining wall of a bridge in Clifton City Park. The high water also enveloped the park’s disc golf buckets, and caused authorities to close FM 1991 to vehicular traffic. Nathan Diebenow | The Clifton Record
    Last week, flood waters missed the HE Building at the fair grounds in Clifton (pictured, top to bottom) but left a tree trunk damaging a retaining wall of a bridge in Clifton City Park. The high water also enveloped the park’s disc golf buckets, and caused authorities to close FM 1991 to vehicular traffic. Nathan Diebenow | The Clifton Record
Residents and travelers near the North Bosque River experienced two flooding events last week that caused local authorities to temporarily close roads and bridges. The first flood happened the morning of Thursday, October 26. Eventually, the river crested at 26.42 feet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s provisional measurement at its station in Clifton. Between 3 a.m. - 7 a.m. the river…

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