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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 18, 1994Grimes County, Washington County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT for Grimes County, Washington County, Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 1994, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Grimes County, TX, Washington County, TX

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 17, 2:30 PM CDT, 14 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 2:30 PM CDT, 14 hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto	7 hr
Oct 18, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Trinity, Walker	7 hr
Oct 18, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Wharton	7 hr
Oct 18, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller	7 hr
Oct 18, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston	7 hr
Oct 18, 5:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson	6 hr
Oct 18, 9:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Jackson	33 min
Oct 18, 11:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Matagorda	27 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1994 Every flash flood warning in 1994

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.