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NWS Issues Special Weather Statement until 9:30pm

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.

NWS Extends Severe Thunderstorm Warning Until 5am (Update)

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.

NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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

Saturday Election Day for City, School Elections

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:

Public Notice To Boil Water, Shelbyville Water System (Notice Lifted)

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Shelby County

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Shelby County

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.

NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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.

ATT Outage Affects Internet, Phone Service (Service Restored)

Update: Internet service has been restored as of 5:41pm.

Shelby County Grand Jury Indicts 29 Cases

April 26, 2016 - A Shelby County grand jury impaneled for the January 2016 term of the 273rd Judicial District Court met on Monday, April 26, 2016 and indicted 29 cases.

Robert Jewell Harris and Rachael Ann Lowry were equally indicted for burglary of a building, state jail felony. The indictments allege, on June 13, 2015 Harris and Lowry entered a building or portion of a building without the consent of James Hagler, the owner, and attempted to commit or committed the theft of $1,000 belonging to Hagler.

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