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More rain forecast, as October record nears
Heavy rain and the threat of flooding Thursday prompted Gov. Rick Perry to deploy 12 military personnel and five vehicles to Longview.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for most of East Texas through this morning, and officials said they might extend it into the weekend. The Longview area is expected to get more than an inch of rain today.
The governor’s office said the deployment was a precautionary measure.
“The ground is saturated, and there’s nowhere for the water to go,” said Brandi Richardson, Shreveport National Weather Service meteorologist.
Several East Texas counties Thursday also were under a tornado watch, including Gregg and Harrison. Portions of Harrison and Panola counties, including the city of Carthage, were under multiple severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings.
There were no immediate reports of severe storm damage.
Afternoon high winds in Gregg County resulted in about 675 Longview electricity customers without power, according to AEP Southwestern Electric Power Co. There were no reported storm-related outages as of around 8:30 p.m.
“There still could be more outages depending on what this weather does,” said Keith Honey, SWEPCO’s general manager of external affairs.
A cold front moving east was expected to bring heavy rain and lower temperatures Thursday night. Temperatures could drop into the upper 50s today with continued high humidity, Richardson said.
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