Then National Weather Service has issued the following flood warning along Rowlett Creek...
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1043 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA IN TEXAS...
ROWLETT CREEK NEAR SACHSE AFFECTING DALLAS COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO FOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST
...OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ROWLETT CREEK NEAR SACHSE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1030 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.77 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST NEAR 29 FEET BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE RIVER SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 29 FEET MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE CREEK IS EXPECTED.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 28.8 FEET ON MAR 18 2008.
