Portions of SH7 West Narrowed to One Lane

March 10, 2016 - The outside east and westbound lanes of SH 7, about 5 miles west of Center will be narrowed to one lane after flooding caused the roadway to separate. Utility workers are in the area after a gas line ruptured when the pavement separated.

Major Rains Cause Lower Sabine River Flooding Event

March 10, 2016 (Toledo Bend Reservoir) - According to the National Weather Service (NWS) more than 16 to 18 inches of rainfall has fallen over Toledo Bend Reservoir within the last three days with more rain expected.

Toledo Bend Reservoir, operated by the Sabine River Authority of Texas and the Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana reached a record level high of 174.36 feet mean sea level (msl) at 6:00 a.m. this morning due to the rainfall event. The current gauge reading is 174.20 feet msl at 3:00 p.m. today.

Commissioners Report County Road Closures (Update)

A resident of County Road 3545 is seen in a golf cart cut off by flood waters at the opposite end from Farm to Market Road 2572 on Thursday, March 10, 2016.

Precinct 2 Commissioner Reports Two Road Closures (Update)

Update 3/11, 10:20am - CR 2582 at New Harmony Church - Culvert washed out has been repaired, ROAD OPEN

March 10, 2016 - Precinct 2 Commissioner Jimmy Lout reports having to close another roadway in his precinct; CR 2582 at New Harmony Church has a culvert which has washed out. The other road closure is CR 2110 off of SH 87 South due to a bridge washing out.

Declaration of Disaster, Mandatory Evacuation

March 10, 2016 - As the Shelby County Emergency Management Director, I am issuing a county-wide Declaration of Disaster and a Mandatory Evacuation for all residents that live on the Sabine River and Toledo Bend Lake within Shelby County.

Boil Water Notice for Huxley Lifted

March 10, 2016 - Testing has been completed and the Boil Water Notice for the English Bay Marina area is lifted.

It is no longer necessary to boil the water prior to consumption.

DETEC Weather Related Outages (Update)

Update: As of 12:45 pm, DETEC is now reporting less than 10 meters out. We thank you for your patience and commend crews for their perseverance. Crews will continue to work to access the remaining outages to restore power as quickly and as safely as possible.

Please report all outages by calling: 1-800-392-5986.

Above all, we want to ask you to be safe - STAY AWAY FROM ALL DOWNED LINES. Consider them all to be live and dangerous. Call DETEC at 1-800-392-5986 to report downed lines and outages.

Classes Rained Out at Tenaha ISD

March 10, 2016 - Tenaha ISD will not have classes today, March 10, 2016 due to the weather.

Timpson ISD to Have No Thursday School

March 10, 2016 - No school at Timpson ISD Thursday March 10 due to weather as per Superintendent Mid Johnson.

Timpson ISD to Monitor Weather Conditions

March 9, 2016 - Timpson ISD will be monitoring the road conditions in the morning, Thursday, March 10, 2016 and inform of any delays or closures.

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