Flood Warning in Polk County, Texas
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
1/29/2024 7:15:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
1/29/2024 7:15:00 PM until 1/31/2024 6:00:00 PM
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Tuesday evening at 715 PM CST.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Neches River At Rockland affecting Angelina, Jasper, Tyler and
Polk Counties.
For the Neches River...including Lake Palestine, Neches, Alto,
Diboll, Rockland...Minor flooding is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Neches River at Rockland.
* WHEN...Until Wednesday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 28.0 feet, Water will begin to flood several
secondary roadways especially in the Fox Landing community.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:00 PM CST Monday the stage was 27.2 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 28.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 6:00 PM CST Monday was 27.7 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Wednesday morning and continue falling to 19.7 feet
Saturday evening.
- Flood stage is 26.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
27.3 feet on 12/12/2018.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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