Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Sep 12, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)

Expired

Sep 12, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TX

000 
TTAA00 KHOU 130013
FFWHOU
TXC339-130215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
712 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BETWEEN CUT AND SHOOT AND MAGNOLIA. MOVEMENT WAS
SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THIS SLOW MOVEMENT HAS RESULTED
IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CONROE. THE MONTGOMERRY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED I-45 AT 105W...105W WEST OF WILSON...AND I-45
AT TEAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.
 
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE CONROE
AREA.  ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR
UNDERPASSES.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
&

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 12, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
255 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 1995

SCT BAND OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOVG UP WESTERN PERIPHERY OF PERSISTANT
WEAK UPR LVL RIDGE OVR NW GULF.  STORMS STRETCH FM NEAR PSX TO CLL
AND CONT NORTHEASTWARD.  RIDGE SEEMS TO BE SUPRESSING ANY DEVELOPMNT
OVR EASTERN ZONES ATTM SO WILL LOWER POPS THERE TNGT.  SATL LOOP
SHOWS WEAK OUTFLOW HEADED SOUTH FM NE TX TSTMS.  STILL EXPECT FURTHER
DEVLPMNT TNGT...MAINLY W AND N SECTIONS AS OUTFLOWS MOVE IN FM NORTH.
MDLS SIM AT SLOWG THINGS DOWN BUT MOVG UPR LVL TROF TOWARD GT LAKES
REGN THRU PERIOD WITH NGM BEING FASTEST...ETA SLOWEST...AVN MIDDLE
ROAD.  ETA KEEPS SOUTH END OF POS TILTED TROF OVR TX LONGEST WITH
EACH SHOWING SVRL S/W'S MOVG AROUND AND UP EAST SIDE OF TROF OVR NE
TX/E OK ON WED AND CONTG INTO THU.  UPR LVL RIDGE SHOULD BREAK DOWN
AND MOVE FURTHER EAST BY WED LEAVG SE TX UNPROTECTED.  UPR LVL FLOW
MOVES OUT OF OLD MEX AND OVR CNTRL AND EAST TX ON WED PUTTING E TX
UNDER AXIS OF GOOD MOIST PLOOM.  EXPECT SOME DIV ALOFT IN THIS FLOW
AS IT APPROACHES TIGHTER GRAD ALONG EAST SIDE OF UPR TROF.  LOW LVL
SE FLOW WILL CONT TO PUMP LOW LVL MOIST NORTHWARD.  BEST DYNAMICS
WILL CONT TO BE NORTH OF AREA THRU PERIOD...HOWEVER AS SFC TROF
APPRCHES FM WEST...INCREASED INSTABILITY ALONG WITH BETTER UPR LVL
DYNAMICS SHOULD INTERACT WITH SEABREEZE AND OUTFLOWS FM NORTH TO
SPREAD SCT TSTMS ACROSS AREA ON WED AND CONSIDERING THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF SYSTEM...AGAIN ON THU.  NGM MOS POPS AND TMPS TO LOW.  WILL STICK
WITH PERSISTENCE ON BOTH UNTIL WX SYSTEM FINALLY PULLS WELL TO NE
SOMETIME LATE THU/EARLY FRI.  PATCHY FOG AGAIN A PLAYER THIS MORNG.
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