July 13, 2022 - The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for West central De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana, Southeastern Panola County in northeastern Texas, North central Shelby County in eastern Texas until 8pm CDT.

At 709 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Joaquin, or 12 miles north of Center, and is nearly stationary.

Hazard: 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

Source: Radar indicated.

July 11, 2022 - The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the Five Way public water system, 2100008 to issue a Boil Water Notice on 07/7/2022 to inform customers, individuals, or employees that due to conditions which occurred recently in the public water system, the water from this public water system was required to be boiled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes.

July 9, 2022 - Our flags were scheduled to be raised today at sunset. However another Presidential Proclamation has been issued extending that until sunset tomorrow, Sunday, July 10 in honor of Japan's former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo who was assassinated on July 8, 2022.

See the proclamation here

July 7, 2022 - The month of June 2022 ended on a cooler note after having 5 days of triple digit temperatures, June 22-26. The slight break from the heat wave had two somewhat blissful summer days with the lows making it into the high 60s. All together June had three days with the lows in the 67-69 degrees range.

The weather data for Center, Texas during the month of June 2022 is as follows:

Hottest temperature - 104.2 on June 25
Lowest temperature - 67.1 on June 29
Total rain fall for the month - 0.26 inches
Number of days with rain - 2 days

July 6, 2022 - A Presidential Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Highland Park, Illinois has been issued. All flags of the United States should be flown at half-staff until sunset, July 9, 2022.