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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 31, 1996Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Dec 31, 1996, 3:30 AM CST for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 31, 1996, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
Expired: Dec 31, 1996, 6:30 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 30, 10:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Wharton	67 min
Dec 30, 10:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson	64 min
Dec 30, 11:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Wharton	2 hr
Dec 30, 11:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	45 min
Dec 31, 12:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson	58 min
Dec 31, 12:49 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Irion	116 min
Dec 31, 12:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	65 min
Dec 31, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Wharton	2 hr
Dec 31, 2:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson	119 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.