Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent in the evening decreasing to 30 percent after midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Cooler. Highs in the mid 60s.
Tuesday Night and Wednesday
Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs in the lower 70s.
... Flood Warning extended until Saturday afternoon... the Flood Warning continues for the Sabine River near Bon Wier. * Until Saturday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 9:00 am Thursday the stage was 32.0 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 30.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by Saturday morning. * Impact... at 32.0 feet... roads in the Sabine sands area near Bon Weir become flooded.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 9:36 am CST on November 12, 2009
... Public information statement...
... Concerning Toledo Bend Reservoir water releases...
Persons having an interest in the Sabine River basin below the Reservoir are hereby advised that currently... two generators are operating 24 hours per day... seven days per week. The process of lowering the spillway gates continues and at 8:30 am... five spillway gates are opened at one foot each for a total discharge of eighteen thousand seven hundred eighty cubic feet per second.
Releases through the spillway gates... depending on upstream and downstream conditions... will be made in accordance with the guide for spillway gate operations for Toledo Bend Reservoir.
The local sheriff's offices... as well as the Toledo Bend project offices at the dam site will be able to give the latest reported river stages and river forecasts received from the National Weather Service.
Up to date Reservoir elevations and releases may be obtained from the Toledo Bend project offices on a 24 hours a day basis at 3 3 7 2 8 6 5 2 5 3 or 4 0 9 5 6 5 2 2 7 3.
Toledo Bend is not a flood control Reservoir... and can experience significant rises in elevation in a short period of time span... as much as one to two feet in a 24 to 36 hour period.