Flood watch (local): Gail Creek at FM 1280 near Lovelady in Houston County is at minor flood stage this morning, per the latest NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge reading. Low-lying crossings along the creek can run high; no evacuation orders have been issued.
Burn bans (7 of 14 936-area counties): Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity, and Walker counties are under active burn bans, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
Roads: The DriveTexas feed for the 936-area counties returned a token error at the time of this report, so no state highway closures are confirmed one way or the other for Monday morning. Local drivers can check current closures at drivetexas.org before heading out.
Rivers: One 936-area gauge is in flood stage: Gail Creek at FM 1280 near Lovelady (Houston County) at minor flood. No other NOAA river gauges in the 936 area are at action stage or higher.
Lakes: Sam Rayburn 64.0% full, Toledo Bend 86.3% full, Lake Livingston 90.1% full, Lake Conroe 94.8% full, B.A. Steinhagen 94.0% full (Water Data for Texas, Oct. 5 reading).
Weather: No active National Weather Service alerts for 936-area forecast zones as of this report.
Sources:
National Weather Service alerts (936 zones)
Texas A&M Forest Service burn bans
NOAA National Water Prediction Service: Gail Creek at FM 1280 near Lovelady
Water Data for Texas reservoirs
