{"id":1325746,"date":"2024-05-28T15:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1325746"},"modified":"2024-05-30T06:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T11:23:22","slug":"smith-county-storm-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1325746","title":{"rendered":"Smith County storm update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1325808\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/smithcounty-seal-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/smithcounty-seal-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/smithcounty-seal.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; Smith County officials and first responders have responded to nearly 300 calls for service since 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. During and after the storms rolled through Smith County early Tuesday, calls have been responded to by Smith County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office, Fire Marshal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office, Road and Bridge, the Constables offices and Animal Control, as well as Emergency Services Districts 1 and 2. The Smith County Emergency Operations Center has been activated.<\/p>\n<p>The EOC is in constant communication with multiple emergency support function personnel as well as local jurisdictions within the county, Smith County Emergency Management Coordinator Brandon Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are inundated with calls about downed power lines and felled trees,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are working through this process as quickly as possible.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHELTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have suffered damages or your power is out and you need to be able to go to a shelter, please let us know by visiting: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/R8TWHLM\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/R8TWHLM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are currently working multiple responses and need to know if shelters are needed, as this would require additional resources,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Moore said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to report all property damages to the Texas Division of Emergency Management here: <a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/344d59d323fd47b3bab8e8cd60b64585?field%3Aincident_id=23-0017%2015JUNE%20Severe%20Weather&#038;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3dYy5vdB6uwxU6C8_TY1jdEwggzLq67PYQFkxxFBP6lQX2GC-u703zuoM_aem_AQm75jpHuRcPBgns4a9KE2cVMc-t9E7PPc0hF1JV_8mWEpbQ6HBwjJw7weHMxMYn-bQ6kS3jILvhy-6Uzgj6ZF4z\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/344d59d323fd47b3bab8e8cd60b64585?field%3Aincident_id=23-0017%2015JUNE%20Severe%20Weather&#038;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3dYy5vdB6uwxU6C8_TY1jdEwggzLq67PYQFkxxFBP6lQX2GC-u703zuoM_aem_AQm75jpHuRcPBgns4a9KE2cVMc-t9E7PPc0hF1JV_8mWEpbQ6HBwjJw7weHMxMYn-bQ6kS3jILvhy-6Uzgj6ZF4z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith County Judge Neal Franklin issued a Disaster Declaration after southern Smith County suffered storm damages on May 23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TREES DOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smith County Road and Bridge crews have been out all day clearing 42 county roads with downed trees.<\/p>\n<p>CR 452, west of CR 4118, is currently closed due to water over the road.<\/p>\n<p>You can check Smith County&#8217;s new interactive map showing all current road closures here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/&#8230;\/fee1c492c0614d938d160e8829a51593\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/&#8230;\/fee1c492c0614d938d160e8829a51593<\/a> You can also find the map by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-county.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.smith-county.com<\/a> and clicking on the &#8220;County Road and Office Closures&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<p>Downed trees have been reported on County Roads 14, 191, 192, 1133, 1145, 223, 246, 2151, 2155, 2206, 2212, 2274, 2319, 2326, 35, 354, 381, 42, 49, 419, 422, 426, 431, 434, 438, 447, 448, 452, 477, 479, 482, 484, 489, 492, 4104, 4105, 4108, 4119, 4129, 4132, 4173 and 4229.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POWER OUTAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oncor is reporting about 35,000 people without power in Smith County, and it could be several days before all are restored. To find out more, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/stormcenter.oncor.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/stormcenter.oncor.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Starrville Church of the Living God in Winona is using a backup generator to continue voting for the Smith County Precinct 3 Commissioner Runoff Election, taking place today, May 28, until 7 p.m. There are three other polling locations open for Election Day. For more information, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-county.com\/government\/departments\/elections\/current-election-information\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.smith-county.com\/government\/departments\/elections\/current-election-information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Smith County officials and first responders have responded to nearly 300 calls for service since 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. During and after the storms rolled through Smith County early Tuesday, calls have been responded to by Smith County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office, Fire Marshal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office, Road and Bridge, the Constables offices and Animal Control, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1325746\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County storm update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1325755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/smithcounty-seal-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County storm update","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1325746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:33:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/smithcounty-seal-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County storm update","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1325746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1325809,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325746\/revisions\/1325809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1325755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1325746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1325746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1325746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}