East Texas Downpours

Deep East Texas received some much-needed rain on Thursday. A cold front has been slowly pushing across the Lone Star State bringing not only some welcome cooler temperatures but some widespread downpours across the Pineywoods.

A few of the cloudbursts caused some temporary street flooding in parts of Lufkin and Hudson. The majority of the Pineywoods received precipitation, however, the northern half of Angelina County appears to have gotten the lion's share of the rain.

Here's a look at Thursday's rainfall totals reported from numerous rain gauges across Deep East Texas.

Angelina County

  • Hudson (Mountain View) - 2.66
  • Highway (103/Loop 287) - 2.29
  • Clawson (Central) - 1.80
  • Lufkin (Downtown) - 1.04
  • Lufkin (near Cafe Del Rio) - 1.08
  • Lufkin (Brookhollow) - 2.16
  • Hudson (near Hudson ISD) - 2.32
  • Bald Hill - 0.62
  • Huntington - 0.64
  • Zavalla - 1.05
  • Diboll - 0.13
  • Pollok - 1.65

Nacogdoches County

  • Nacogdoches (North Street/Loop 224) - 0.20
  • Central Heights - 0.16
  • Nacogdoches (Southeast) - 0.26
  • Lake Nacogdoches - 0.24
  • Douglass - 0.40
  • Etoile - 1.15
  • Lake Naconiche - 0.15
  • Melrose - 0.30

Trinity County

  • Apple Springs - 0.25
  • Pennington - 0.44
  • Trinity - 0.30

Polk County

  • Onalaska - 0.49
  • Livingston - 1.02
  • Corrigan - 0.15

Other Deep East Texas Rainfall Amounts

  • Woodville - 0.22
  • Colmesneil - 0.24
  • Rayburn Country - 0.13
  • Jasper - 0.22
  • Warren - 1.06
  • San Augustine - 0.14
  • Broaddus - 0.91
  • Brookeland - 0.46
  • Center - 0.45
  • Timpson - 0.31
  • Mt. Enterprise - 0.31
  • Rusk - 1.08
  • Alto (5 miles SE) - 0.40
  • Wells - 1.11
  • Crockett - 0.37
  • Lovelady 0.95

As you can see, not all of East Texas got a good soaking. Many areas received less an a quarter inch of rain. Burn bans continue to be in place throughout all of Deep East Texas.

Is More Rain Coming?

Rain chances will continue for the next few days.  As of Friday morning, there is a 50% chance of rain on Friday and a 40% chance on Saturday. The high temperatures should reach the upper 80s.

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