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EAST TEXAS — TxDOT crews are prepared to respond as needed as severe weather is forecast for East and Northeast Texas. According to forecasts, conditions could include heavy rainfall and gusty winds resulting in downed trees and debris, flooding, and other roadway issues. Maintenance crews in the Tyler District\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 8-counties have equipment readied and will respond as necessary should roadways be impacted.<\/p>\n
Here is a list of the roadways in the Tyler District that typically are prone to flooding during excessive rain. Crews will be monitoring these and other roadways once the rain starts falling. Some low-lying areas don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need excessive amounts of rain to cause flooding. Motorists are reminded to avoid driving over flooded roads because you never know what has happened underneath the water.<\/p>\n
Anderson County:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 321W at Catfish Creek\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 315 at County Road 314\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 861 at Mack Creek
\nCherokee County:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 2274\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 855 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 1247\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 2064\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 2750\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 1857\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 23
\nGregg County:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2SH 135 at the river bottom just south of US 271 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Possibly, SH 135 Traffic Circle in Kilgore
\nHenderson County:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 315\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 2636\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 3441
\nRusk County:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 13 at Bowles Creek\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 3135\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 1798 at the Angelina RiverSmith County: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 724 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 2868
\nVan Zandt County:
\nNo issues with flooding but typically downed trees after major storms.
\nWood County:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 1254\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 1804\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 69\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 312\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 515\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2FM 49]<\/p>\n
Safety tips for Drivers: EAST TEXAS — TxDOT crews are prepared to respond as needed as severe weather is forecast for East and Northeast Texas. According to forecasts, conditions could include heavy rainfall and gusty winds resulting in downed trees and debris, flooding, and other roadway issues. Maintenance crews in the Tyler District\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 8-counties have equipment readied and will … Continue reading TxDOT crews ready for severe weather response<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 18:34:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917638","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=917638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918023,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917638\/revisions\/918023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=917638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=917638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=917638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAvoid unnecessary travel if conditions warrant. Turn Around Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Drown should flooding occur. Know be fore you go.Check weather forecasts before departing and visit http:\/\/www.DriveTexas.org<\/a> or call 800-452-9292 to check highway conditions and notices for road closures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"