Smith County Preparing for Potential Storms

SMITH COUNTY — Threats of “Supercell Thunderstorms” have Smith County officials on high alert. Smith County Fire Marshal Jay Brooks told KTBB on Friday afternoon that, “Judge Moran and I have been monitoring potential problems continually, and at this time it is looking like East Texas is looking at some rounds of some pretty significant storms and so we are taking action to make sure our law enforcement partners, our fire, and E.M.S. personnel responder’s as well as our road and bridge departments are ready and on stand-by to take action if necessary.

Brooks said, “because this storm could produce widespread damage, Smith County is making preparatations ahead of time to respond quickly.” The Marshal continued, “Smith County is preparing for the worst, and praying for the best.” The National Weather Service is predicting a fairly widespread weather event that could produce isolated tornadoes ahead of the front and high winds during its passing.