Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 26, 1995, 10:40 PM CST for Harris County, Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 1995, 10:40 PM CST (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1995, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 270446 COR FFWHOU TXC201-291-270700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TITLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1040 PM CST THU JAN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...HARRIS COUNTY...LIBERTY COUNTY A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS HARRIS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. THESE AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BOTH HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 Jan 26, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 850 PM CST THU JAN 26 1995 HAVE BEEN MONITORING ONGOING TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF IMPASSABLE ROADS IN THESE COUNTIES (FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT - SEE FFWHOU). ALSO...RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN RISING CREEKS N OF THE HOUSTON AREA. WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SAME COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. ONLY ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO FORECAST WAS TO UP OVERNIGHT TEMPS A FEW DEGREES AS 50S SEEM UNLIKELY. 42
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 1:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 114 min |
| Jan 27, 1:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Polk | 114 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.