Moderate flooding continued along the Sabine River in East Texas during the first half of January 2019, in response to widespread heavy rainfall across the basin throughout much of December. This flooding affected areas from Mineola (and Lake Fork Creek) in Wood County, as well as Gladewater and Longview in Gregg County.

Flood in WOOD, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-19 00:00:00 to 14-JAN-19 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: YANTIS
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: River/Stream Gage

Moderate flooding continued along the Sabine River in East Texas during the first half of January 2019, in response to widespread heavy rainfall that fell across the basin throughout much of December. The Sabine River near Mineola reached the 18 foot moderate flood stage at 11 am on January 3rd, and crested near 18.6 feet at 2 pm on the 5th. The Sabine River near Mineola fell back below the moderate flood stage at 5 am on January 7th, but remained in minor flood through the third week of the month.  The flooding resulted in FM 1804 from the Smith/Wood County line north to Highway 80 to be closed until mid-morning on January 14th.
In addition, Lake Fork Creek just southwest of Quitman remained near or slightly above flood stage to start January, with another round of heavy rainfall of one to two inches contributing to a second crest to near 17.9 feet at 230 am on the 4th. This resulted in FM 1254 remaining closed due to flooding at the Lake Fork Creek bridge between Loop 564 near Mineola and FM 778 southeast of Quitman through the early morning hours on January 8th, when Lake Fork Creek finally fell back below flood stage.

Flood in SMITH, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-19 00:00:00 to 14-JAN-19 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: LINDALE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: River/Stream Gage

Moderate flooding continued along the Sabine River in East Texas during the first half of January 2019, in response to widespread heavy rainfall that fell across the basin throughout much of December. The Sabine River near Mineola reached the 18 foot moderate flood stage at 11 am on January 3rd, and crested near 18.6 feet at 2 pm on the 5th. The Sabine River near Mineola fell back below the moderate flood stage at 5 am on January 7th, but remained in minor flood through the third week of the month. The flooding resulted in FM 1804 from Highway 69 just north of Lindale to the Wood County line to remain closed through mid-morning on January 14th.

Flood in GREGG, TEXAS
From 04-JAN-19 15:30:00 to 13-JAN-19 21:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: GLADEWATER MUNI ARPT
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: River/Stream Gage

Widespread heavy rainfall of five to ten inches across the Sabine River basin throughout December as well as the first few days of January resulted in moderate flooding to develop on the Sabine River near Gladewater during the first two weeks of January. The river rose above the 26 foot flood stage on around 9 am on December 28th, reaching the 33 foot moderate flood stage at 330 pm on January 4th, before cresting at 35.5 feet at 2 pm on the 8th. The Sabine River fell back below the moderate flood stage at 930 pm on January 13th, before finally falling below flood stage by the third week of the month. The flooding resulted in several secondary roadways near the river to become inundated, as well as extensive flooding of lowlands.

Flood in GREGG, TEXAS
From 06-JAN-19 00:00:00 to 16-JAN-19 11:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: (GGG)GREGG CO ARPT L
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: River/Stream Gage

Widespread heavy rainfall of five to ten inches across the Sabine River basin throughout December as well as the first few days of January resulted in moderate flooding to develop on the Sabine River just south of Longview during the second week of January. The river rose above the 25 foot flood stage at 745 am on December 28th, reaching the 30 foot moderate flood stage at 2 am on January 8th, before cresting at 32.3 feet at 6 am on the 11th. The Sabine River fell back below the moderate flood stage at 1130 am on January 16th, before finally falling back below flood stage by the third week of the month. The flooding resulted in several secondary roadways near the river to become inundated, as well as extensive flooding of lowlands.