{"id":202956,"date":"2026-03-13T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202956\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:44:14","slug":"high-winds-cause-damage-to-lake-alan-henry-boat-dock-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202956\/","title":{"rendered":"High Winds Cause Damage to Lake Alan Henry Boat Dock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last two days have brought windy conditions to the south plains and on Thursday, the City of Lubbock announced that there has been damage to the boat dock at Lake Alan Henry.<\/p>\n<p>Boat Dock Partially Closed at Lake Alan Henry<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from the City of <a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/tags\/lubbock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lubbock<\/a>, due to recent high winds, part of the boat dock at Lake Alan Henry became dislodged and is has led to &#8220;significant damage&#8221; to part of the dock.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Lubbock also announced that due to another wind storm forecasted for Sunday, staff is removing boat slips to prevent further damage. They are also looking into other options as far as anchoring boat slips and possibly repositioning the dock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/ixp\/157\/p\/lubbock-tornado-siren-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Lubbock To Test Out Tornado Sirens, Not a Drone Attack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is still an area to launch watercraft but most of the dock, including the crappie house is blocked off for now.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full release from the City of Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Due to recent high winds, portions of the boat dock at Lake Alan Henry have become dislodged, resulting in\u00a0significant damage\u00a0and\u00a0closure of part of the dock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As another wind event is forecasted for Sunday, the\u00a0Sam Wahl Recreational Area\u00a0team\u00a0is removing the boat slips to prevent further damage.\u00a0They are\u00a0also\u00a0evaluating\u00a0options for anchoring the boat slips\u00a0and\u00a0repositioning\u00a0the dock.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At this time, lake-goers can still launch their watercraft and temporarily tie up near the ramp.\u00a0However, the\u00a0remainder\u00a0of the dock, including the crappie house,\u00a0is\u00a0blocked off.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Sam Wahl Recreational Area team\u00a0is\u00a0continually\u00a0working to ensure the\u00a0efficient use of the boat ramp and\u00a0safety\u00a0of all patrons.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We will keep you updated on the repairs.<\/p>\n<p>23 Things That We Need in Lubbock, TXWe asked our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/790KFYO\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook audience<\/a> what Lubbock is missing, and their responses left nothing to the imagination. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Nick<\/p>\n<p>The Top 10 Most Wanted Gang Fugitives in Lubbock For March 2026<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Police, Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, and even authorities in other parts of Texas are looking for these fugitives who have been spotted before in the Lubbock area. Take a look and see if you recognize any of these fugitives. This list could be updated later in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Chad Hasty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last two days have brought windy conditions to the south plains and on Thursday, the City of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-202956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}