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The National Drought Monitor shows most of Wichita County is in an Extreme Drought while the rest of the region is considered extreme or severe.

Rain, rain and more rain this week The forecasts for Wichita Falls and North Texas have rain nearly as far as the eye can see. Rain is likely day and night through at least Sunday, prompting the National Weather Service to place the region in a Flood Watch through Wednesday morning. "Several rounds of heavy rainfall are expected today through Wednesday morning," the NWS said. "Many locations will receive 2 to 4 inches of total rainfall during this time, and some locations near the Red River m...

Lake Arrowhead has gone over the spillway -- with more rain on the way.

City to offer grazing, hunting leases Staff reports The City of Wichita Falls is offering to the general public by sealed bid two commercial grazing leases and two hunting leases located at Lake Kickapoo. The city is also offering one commercial grazing lease at Lake Arrowhead. The grazing leases and hunting leases at Lake Kickapoo are situated on the same tracts of land, but will be bid separately.  Sealed bid packages are available at the office of Property Administration, Room 107, 1300...

City of WF selling commercial grazing, hunting leases via bids The City of Wichita Falls has temporarily suspended water disconnections.(kauz) Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - The city of Wichita Falls has three commercial grazing leases and two hunting leases up for sale. Two of the grazing leases are at Lake Kickapoo and the other is at Lake Arrowhead. The hunting leases are both at Lake Kickapoo. These will be sold by sealed bids. Bidding packages are availab...

Recent storms ease drought worries Storms that rolled through the area in recent days have alleviated drought worries around Wichita Falls  -- at least for the moment. Official rainfall total in Wichita Falls on Thursday was 7.28 inches since Jan. 1. Thats just 0.18 below the normal for this date. North Texas had a chance for more rain Thursday and again Saturday and Sunday morning. Thunderstorms that moved through the region beginning this past Friday rolled over the watersheds of Wichita Fa...

Archer City issues boil order, asks for strict water conservation Archer City officials have issued a boil order due to water line breaks and reduced distribution system pressure. (Source: KLTV) By KAUZ Team | February 19, 2021 at 4:25 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 4:28 PM ARCHER CITY, Texas (TNN) - Archer City officials have issued a boil order due to water line breaks and reduced distribution system pressure. The power is back on at Lake Kickapoo and the city has brought their equipm...

The city is unable to transmit water to Archer City for treatment and the water supply in their storage facilities is limited.

It is unknown at this time when the power will be restored again.