Author: Howe Enterprise

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 148 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN IN WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
DENTON AND WISE COUNTIES ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT GRAYSON
COUNTY…THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

FOR DALLAS…COLLIN…AND FANNIN COUNTIES…THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 2 PM.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN RECENT DAYS HAVE BEEN ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY…BUT THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTY. HOWEVER…A RE-AGGRAVATION OF FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR AT
ANY LOCATION WITHIN GRAYSON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE AWARE OF AREAS THAT TEND TO FLOOD READILY…AND TAKE ALTERNATE
ROUTES. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 1103 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHS OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DALLAS...PLANO...GARLAND...IRVING...GRAND PRAIRIE...MESQUITE...
MCKINNEY...CARROLLTON...FRISCO...RICHARDSON...ALLEN...ROWLETT...
DESOTO...CEDAR HILL...WYLIE...COPPELL...DUNCANVILLE...SHERMAN...
LANCASTER AND FARMERS BRANCH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

&&

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON...NORTHERN
DENTON...SOUTHEASTERN COOKE AND NORTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTIES UNTIL
1100 PM CDT...

AT 1021 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG BAND OF
WINDS...LIKELY THE RESULT OF ANVIL PRECIPITATION DRAGGING STRONG
WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE...OVER KRUGERVILLE...OR 10 MILES
NORTH OF LAKE LEWISVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS BAND OF STRONG
WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCKINNEY...FRISCO...DENTON...SHERMAN...SANGER...PROSPER...CELINA...
KRUM...PILOT POINT...SHADY SHORES...AUBREY...NORTHLAKE...
KRUGERVILLE...COLLINSVILLE...CROSS ROADS...GUNTER...DORCHESTER...LAKE
KIOWA...RAY ROBERTS PARK JOHNSON BRANCH AND RAY ROBERTS PARK ISLE DU
BOIS.

243 ballots were cast. Finney, Dawsey and Abner were elected.

Janie Finney – 203
Bruce Dawsey (I) – 182
Mark Abner (I) – 150

Micah Belden – 63
Amber Krantz-Dimayuga – 61

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 606 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
POTTSBORO AROUND 625 PM CDT.
EISENHOWER STATE PARK AROUND 630 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

8th grade cheerleaders:

Cassidy Anderson

Paetyn Ford

Jenna Honore

Kaley Norton

Chatherine Switzer

Jamie Taylor

Riley Underwood

Ashlyn Wahrmund

Karsyn Fleming – mascot

 

7th grade cheerleaders:

Erin Catching

Holly Cavender

Hannah Dwyer

Katie Grogan

Tatum Hartsfield

Gracie Lankford

Brooke Robinson

Reagan Troxtell

Kristin Harris – mascot

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GRAYSON...EASTERN COOKE AND
NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 643 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITEWRIGHT TO 8 MILES
NORTH OF SANGER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GAINESVILLE...BONHAM...WHITESBORO...VAN
ALSTYNE...HOWE...POTTSBORO...COLLINSVILLE...WHITEWRIGHT...GUNTER...
BELLS...TOM BEAN...SAVOY...ECTOR...CALLISBURG...KNOLLWOOD...
RAVENNA...DORCHESTER AND LAKE KIOWA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 484 AND 503.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

SHERMAN – Carol Sue Reinhard, 59, of Fort Worth and Sherman, Texas passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones on May 4, 2015.

Carol was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 24, 1955 to Jimmy Jack and Willa Mae Borah. A happily well-traveled Air Force Brat, she spent her early childhood in England, and much of her later childhood in Goose Bay Labrador where she first fell in love with the beauty and wonder of the great outdoors.

Carol graduated from Denison High School, where she met her husband, Joe, the father of her three children. She earned a BA in Education from the University of North Texas, and she touched and inspired numerous lives teaching elementary education for 35 years in Grayson County, as well as in Carrolton and Arlington.

Carol was preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her son Jesse and his wife Rebecca and their baby daughter Ava of New Mexico; her daughter Sarah, her son Joseph, her grandson Asher, and her mother Willa Borah, all of Grayson County. Additionally she is survived by her brother Jimmy and his wife Lynda of Denison, her brother Donny and his wife Shelly of Pottsboro, and her brother Danny and his wife Sonja of Sherman. Carol will be remembered with great love by students, colleagues, friends, and by Farallon, the family Labrador Retriever, with whom she enjoyed daily walks along tree-lined paths.

Even throughout her recent illness, Carol’s trademark kindness and perseverance were a true inspiration to everyone whose path she crossed. Her greatest loves were spending time with her children and grandchildren, teaching, and traveling. Some of her favorite places to visit with family were the mountains of Colorado, California’s northern coast, and most recently, the peaceful and beautiful New Mexican desert.

Cremation arrangements are made with American Funeral Home in Denison. A public memorial celebration to honor Carol’s life will be held on Sunday, May 10th at 4 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Denison at 5015 S US 75, with a family prayer and wildflower ceremony at the Red River to follow.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Carol Reinhard Memorial Fund at Independent Bank (903) 891-9999 at 300 E. Taylor Street, Sherman, TX 75090 to help fund the purchase of a memorial bench for everyone’s future enjoyment at one of Carol’s favorite places in nature, exact location to be determined.

On Carol’s behalf, the family wishes to thank Home Hospice of Grayson County and the Nursing Staff at Texoma Medical Center for their compassion, kindheartedness, and generosity.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WESTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1032 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ANNA...OR
13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCKINNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERMAN...BONHAM...VAN ALSTYNE...HOWE...WHITEWRIGHT...BELLS...TOM
BEAN...SAVOY...ECTOR...RAVENNA...TRENTON AND LUELLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 938 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...POTTSBORO...KNOLLWOOD...EISENHOWER STATE
PARK...SOUTHEASTERN LAKE TEXOMA AND SOUTHMAYD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.