000 WGUS84 KFWD 281742 FLSFTW TXC439-290500- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1240 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE MANSFIELD AREA. MEASURED RAINFALL AT THE MANSFIELD USGS RIVER GAGE HAS TOTALED OVER 2.5 INCHES BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 PM CDT. WALNUT CREEK IS RISING RAPIDLY AND COULD CREST AT OR JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WALNUT CREEK NEAR MANSFIELD. OBSERVED STAGE: 20.7 FEET AT 1215 PM MONDAY. FLOOD STAGE: 22 FEET. FORECAST: RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. CREST BETWEEN 22 AND 23 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING. AT 22 FEET MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE CREEK THROUGH MANSFIELD...DOWNSTREAM TO LAKE JOE POOL. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS. $$ FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME TUE WED THU FRI HEADWATER FORECASTS MANSFIELD 22 20.7 MON 12 PM 7.5 $$