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Lufkin IHOP Employee Killed By Lightning Strike
Meshell Foxworth was likely on a break outside the Lufkin IHOP restaurant where she worked, when a lightning strike ended her life late Tuesday night.
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Lufkin and Nacogdoches Under Tornado Watch Until 10 Tonight
Right now, the skies above Lufkin and Nacogdoches appear friendly enough, but Doppler Radar indicates a line of storms heading our way, with rain expected to begin somewhere in the neighborhood of 9 P.M.
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Massive Tornado Destroys Area Near Oklahoma City; At Least 51 Killed [UPDATED]
An enormous tornado with a debris cloud two miles wide tore through the metropolitan area just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.
UPDATE 9:28 p.m. EST: At least 51 people were killed in the storm, including seven children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, according to KFOR in Oklahoma City. The news station reported that 75 student and staff were inside the school when the storm struck. Officials said Monday night that the search of the rubble remaining of the school had turned to a recovery mission.
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Tornadoes Rip Through Texas, Leave Several Dead
Today in Lufkin and Nacogdoches we have the chance of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms, but the situation doesn't appear to be anything like what North Texas saw last night.
As many as ten possible tornadoes ripped through areas west of Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday night, and left 250 people homeless, 100 injured, and 6 dead. Changes to those numbers could come today as emergency responders fully assess the damage.
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Storms Are the Story on Thursday
The same storm that is dumping huge amounts of snow in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma today will bring the chance of violent weather to East Texas.
Gusty winds, hail, and even isolated tornadoes are possible in East Texas and Louisiana.
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Lufkin and Nacogdoches Rain Pours Earlier Than Predicted
If your "to-do" list today (Wednesday, February 6) features wash truck, you may want to cancel that appointment, because the National Weather Service has issued a rain event until approximately 2 a.m. tomorrow morning (Thursday, February 7).
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ANOTHER Earthquake in East Texas?
This makes three in one week. An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.7 rattled East Texas Thursday afternoon.
Shelby County has seen a lot of tremors in the past several months, and it has some wondering if this is the new norm in Shelby County, and across East Texas.
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Which Texas City is Getting ‘Earthquake’ Weary?
Should you ever have the desire to feel an earthquake, no need to vacation in California, when we have the new earthquake capital of the world right here in East Texas!
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With an 80 Degree Day Today, What’s Next?
The warm weather the past couple of days may be giving you spring fever, but you'll have to contain yourself for a little while. Today's 80 degree high is not a sign that spring us already upon us, it's simply a sign that there will be thunderstorms because cooler weather is right behind it.
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Bad Weather in Lufkin and Nacogdoches Makes TxDOT Work Overtime
Let's give a healthy shout out to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) who was out in force during the "big chill day" of 2013.
January 15 was a brutally cold day here in East Texas, and with freezing rain and sleet making travel treacherous, it was refreshing to see Public Works in action.
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Crockett and Houston Get Tornadoes on Christmas Day
Being a pure bred classic rocker, I decided to go non-traditional Christmas morning, and plop "A Very Brady Christmas" into the VCR. Yes - you read accurately - "A Very Brady Christmas" and VCR in the same sentence!
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Dreaming of a Wet Christmas? Santa Delivers.
So it's not white. It's a wet Christmas.
The rumbles of thunder make it seem more like April than December, and if you're traveling today expect the rain showers to continue through tonight. If you're traveling north, the chances of seeing snowflakes increase.