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April 30, 2016 - Precautionary/Preparedness Actions: Do not drive vehicles through flooded waterways. Use caution when walking near flooded riverbanks. Do not try to wade or swim in flooded rivers and bayous.
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The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Flood warniung for the Sabine River at Logansport. From this mornng until further notice, or until the warning is cancelled.
At 3:45 AM Saturday The stage was 26.0 feet. Minor flooding is forecast. Flood stage is 28.0 feet. Forecast...Rise above flood stage by tonight and continue to rise to near 31.2 feet by early Thursday morning. Additional rises remain possible thereafter.
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
841 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
April 29, 2016 - Significant weather advisory for Central Angelina, San Augustine, Southeastern Nacogdoches and Shelby Counties until 9:30pm CDT.
At 8:41pm CDT, doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Etoile or 15 miles northeast of Lufkin moving northeast at 85mph. Dime size hail and winds in excess of 30mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include: Lufkin, Center, Huntington, San Augustine, Neuville, Etoile, Shelbyville, Bland Lake, Woden, Macune, Martinsville, Patroon, Melrose, Chireno, Huxley, Broaddus, Oak Ridge, Jericho, Homer and Hurstown.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions:
Torrential rainfall is also occuring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded raodways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 15 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio, and TV stations, as well as local cable TV outlets, for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
National Weather Service Shreveport, LA
846 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
April 29, 2016 - (Update) The Thunderstorm warning has expired and a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect until 5am.
April 29, 2016 - The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southeastern Rusk County, Southwestern Panola County, Northwestern San Augustine County, Northern Nacogdoches County and Western Shelby County until 9:30pm CDT.
At 8:46pm CDT a severe thunderstorm was located over Nacogdoches moving northeast at 55mph. Hazardous 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail was indicated by radar.
Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damamge to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include: Nacogdoches, Carthage, Center, Tenaha, Timpson, Garrison, Trawick, Woden, Martinsville, Melrose, Cushing, Appleby, Mount Enterprise, Gary City, Oak Ridge, Jericho, James Woods, Arcadia and Stockman.
Precautionary/ Preparedness actions include for your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 10:00pm CDT for Northeastern Texas.
National Weather Service Shreveport, LA
759 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
April 29, 2016 - The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southern Rusk County, Northwestern Angelina County, Nacogdoches County, West Central Shelby County, Southeastern Cherokee County until 8:45pm CDT
At 7:59pm CDT a severe thunderstorm was located near Forest or 17 miles north of Apple Springs moving northeast at 55mph. Hazardous 60 MPH wind gusts and quarter size hail was indicated by radar. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include: Nacogdoches, Hudson, Garrison, Wells, Trawick, Pollok, Forest, Minden, Douglass, Cushing, Appleby, Mount Enterprise, Central, Stockman, Lawsonville, Lilbert, Looneyville, Linwood and Clawson.
Precaustionary/ Preparedness actions include for your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 10:00pm CDT for Northeastern Texas.
April 25, 2016 - Early voting starts Monday, April 25, 2016 for city and school elections and ends May 3rd with Election day on Saturday, May 7th.
Below is a list of those who filed to run for either council member, mayor, or school board trustee.
Cities:
City of Joaquin - Three at large positions are on the ballot for the City of Joaquin. Frankie Cooper, (I) Benjamin Brittain, (I) Lee Vern Stotts Gilliam, and (I) Pat Gray each filed applications for a place on the ballot. (http://scttx.com/articles/city-joaquin-order-election) (http://scttx.com/articles/city-joaquin-notice-may-7-2016-general-election)
City of Tenaha - The following names are in the order the applications were received. This order is not the official ballot order. There were two council positions up for election, that of Tommy Rinkle and Durand Steadman, who did not file for re-election; however, Stephanie Marie Glenn and Cliff Lloyd filed applications. Four applications were filed for position of Mayor: Natalie Harris, Orinthia Johnson, Carl Jernigan, and Joseph Lemoine.
City of Timpson - There are two council positions on the ballot and Yvonne Ramsey (I) and Al Skinner have both filed applications. Council member Ronnie Wolfe did not file an application to run for re-election. Two applications were also received for Mayor and they were Debra Smith and George Grace.
Schools:
Joaquin I.S.D. - Two trustee positions will be on the May ballot and (I) Jay Dee Cockrell, (I) Charlie Leflett, Jeff Cater, Susan McCann, and Bill Mason all filed applications to run.
Shelbyville I.S.D. - Three board of trustee positions are up for election. Filing to run are (I) Duane Lout, (I) Joey Lawson, and Chris Koltonski. Trustee member Kelly Parker did not file to run for re-election.
Tenaha I.S.D. - Seven individuals filed for a place on the ballot which has only 2 positions available. Those who filed are Colelette Cross DePriest; Josh Jernigan; James Tyler Reeves; Ronny Samford (Incumbent); Aaron Roland (Incumbent); Roger Holley; and Marshay McClure (http://scttx.com/articles/tenaha-isd-notice-election)
Timpson I.S.D. - Two trustee positions are up for election and three candidates have filed to run who are George Duke, Justin Timmons, and Sheila Richard. (http://scttx.com/articles/timpson-isd-election-early-voting) Voting regarding TISD Trustee Election and Facilities Bond Election is 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7th in the High School Gym Foyer, 836 Bear Drive.
May 2, 2016 Update - It is no longer necessary for Shelbyville water customers to boil their drinking water due to a water main break on April 26, 2016.
April 27, 2016 - Due to water main break, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has required our water System, Shelbyville Water, to notify customers of the need to boil their water prior to consumption.
This is for the customers that were out of water on 4/26/2016 on HWY 87 and surrounding county roads. To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and making ice should be boiled and cooled prior to use. The water should be brought to a vigorous, rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes. In lieu of boiling, you may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source.
When it is no longer necessary to boil the water, the water system officials will notify you that the water is safe for consumption. Instructions to discontinue boiling will be issued in the same manner as this notice.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, you may contact Vince Di Verdi at 936-590-9177 or 936-332-7683
April 27, 2016 - The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Shelby County, Southeastern Panola County and Northeastern San Augustine County until 6:30am. At 5:30am CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Center.
April 27, 2016 - A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 12pm CDT April 27, 2016 for the following counties: Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler.
Strong gusty winds, dangerous lightning, hail, and even isolated tornadoes are possible with stronger storms.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Tuesday 10:23pm to Wednesday 5:00am
April 26, 2016 - The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch 113 in effect until 5am CDT Wednesday for Southwest Arkansas, Northwest Louisiana, Southeast Oklahoma, and Northeast Texas including Shelby, Angelina, Bowie, Camp Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Smith, Titus, Upshur, and Wood.
Update: Internet service has been restored as of 5:41pm.
April 26, 2016 - According to an AT&T technical support message, they are currently experiencing a network outage affecting our area's U-verse High Speed Internet, TV, and phone service. The issue has been identified and AT&T support teams are working towards a resolution.
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