Updated (11:21pm) - FM 699 north of Paxton
Updated (10:30pm) - FM 138 approximately 3.5 miles from US 96 intersection (ROAD CLOSED)
Update (8:03pm) - TxDOT has closed off FM 417 East approximately 4.5 miles from SH 87 (ROAD CLOSED)
Update (5:23pm) - Flooding in Joaquin at Sand Isle and Lovicks on FM 139. Flooding in Timpson on CR 4800 (4 to 5 miles down) roadway is washed and a vehicle bottomed out having to be towed. Flooding on FM 2694 (Welcome Hall) area.
March 9, 2016 - Shelby County Today was notified of a bridge out on CR 2110 which is 2 miles south of Shelbyville off of SH 87. The road is used often for through traffic to get to FM 417 West. The bridge out is the second bridge on the road from SH 87. Use caution traveling out on the roadways particularly after dark. Water across roadways can be hard to see until you are upon it.
Commissioner Jimmy Lout reports bridges on CR 2545 (Possum Trott Road) are under water and it is uncertain if the bridges are passable while they are under water. Commissioner Lout reminds everyone, "Turn around, don't drown."
Texas Department of Transportation reports flooding on FM 138 approximately 3.5 miles from US 96 intersection, flooding on FM 417 East approximately 4.5 miles from US 87 intersection, and in the Ragtown area on CS 3184 approximately 1.6 miles from FM 139 intersection. TxDOT has a website which has roadway condition status - http://drivetexas.org/
Flooding has also been reported on US 84 in Joaquin.
Drive careful and stay at home if at all possible. With the amount of water washing over the roadways, it is hard to identify areas the roadway has been washed away until the water recedes.
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the...
- Flash Flood Warning for: South Central Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Southern De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Northwestern Natchitoches Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Southeastern Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Sabine Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Sabine County in eastern Texas. Angelina County in eastern Texas. San Augustine County in eastern Texas. Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas. Shelby County in eastern Texas.
- Until 11:00 PM CST Wednesday.
- At 4:53 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms redeveloping and will produce heavy rain across the warned area. Flash Flooding is expected to continue over the next several hours.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include: Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Diboll, Milam, Hudson, Many, Huntington, San Augustine, Coushatta, Zwolle, Logansport, Hemphill, Garrison. Pineland, Joaquin, Converse, Douglass, Rosevine, Patroon and Melrose.
