B.I.S.D. CANCELS CLASSES — AUTHORITIES: “STAY OFF THE ROADS!”
The Brenham Independent School District has cancelled classes for Friday due to the dangerous weather conditions.
Dr. Walter Jackson says, "Safety is our top concern. We have youngsters who still haven't made it home yet (as of 7:30 p.m.), flooded homes and closed roads. We must take the proper precautions."
Also cancelled, classes at Christ Lutheran Day School. The Toy Box will be closed as will the WCHLA's Senior Center. Time Well Spent will be closed Friday due to flooding.
Schools in Navasota, Somerville and Snook have also called off classes for Friday.
Numerous buses have been rerouted back to Alton Elementary School until the weather clears.
Buses: 1 3 4 7 9 13 14 15 18. Parents can call Alton at: 979 277-3870.
The Washington Co. Road and Bridge Department reports many county and state roads are currently underwater. The Road & Bridge Department is currently in the process of trying to close these roads; however, they are not able to get to many areas. This is affecting areas north of Hwy 290. (Washington, Burton, Longpoint, Rehburg, Independence Chappell Hill, etc.) Road & Bridge advises everyone to stay in a safe, dry place until rain subsides.
TXDOT ROAD CLOSURES:
WASHINGTON CO
FM 2935 is closed from Tommleson Creek to Newman Lane\
FM 1155 is closed from Hughes Lake to Old Plantation
SH 36 North is closed from Pledger to Business SH 36
FM 50 has water over the roadway in several locations
FM 2193 has water over the roadway in several locations
FM 390 has water over the roadway in several locations
BURLESON CO
Has flooding all across county
GRIMES CO
SH 90 is closed at the Madison County Line
SH 90 is closed at CR 117
FM 1696 is closed 3 miles west of Iola
FM 244 is closed at Bull Creek
SH 105 is closed at CR 309
FM 3090 is closed at Coleman Bottom
SH 6 southbound is closed at Grassy Creek
SH 105 west is closed by River Bridge
FM 1774 is closed 3 miles outside of Anderson
FM 362 is closed at Beason Creek
SH 6 southbound is closed at Beason Creek
BRAZOS CO
SH 47 Northbound lanes closed at Silver Hill
SH 6 Northbound lanes closed between Woodville and FM 2818 exit
FM 1179 at Grassbur is closed
FM 158 is closed at Allen Academy
SH 6 southbound is closed at FM 2818
FM 2818 at FM 1687 is closed
SH 21 at Wixon Valley is closed
OSR to the east is closed
SH 21 west of FM 2818 is closed
FM 974 at FM 2038 is closed
FM 2038 at FM 974 is closed
Washington Co. are reporting over 40 high-water rescues have taken place since the rains began Thursday afternoon.
Sheriff's deputies, DPS Troopers, Brenham Police, Citizens on Patrol, Washington County EMS and local and area firefighters are all out trying to assist with this situation.
At 6:15 p.m., Bluebonnet reported 81 outages affecting 3,087 members. We just restored power to about 600 members served from our Gay Hill substation; outage was caused by lightning striking insulators on our electric lines.
Current outages are concentrated in central and eastern Washington County and south eastern Burleson County. Flooded roads and streams are preventing crews from reaching two outages near Tx Hwy 105 and FM 1155, affecting about 1,100 members. Crews are working outages they can reach, will restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
Twenty crews are working in Washington and Burleson counties, but due to the flooding are unable to get to some outages east of Burton in Washington County.
According to Will Holford, crews will work through the night, monitoring roads and streams, but members in eastern Washington Co. will likely be without power until Friday, depending on how quickly the storms move out and the water recedes.
Pre-K and Kindergarten registration scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.
The Brenham junior high school spring band concert scheduled for this evening is cancelled.
Due to the weather, the “Lucky Man” production at the Dietrich Amphitheatre has been canceled for this evening. A new date and time will be announced as soon as possible.
Valmont Industries has closed down and will reopen with first shift Friday morning.