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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWharton67 min
Dec 30, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson64 min
Dec 30, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXWharton2 hr
Dec 30, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend45 min
Dec 31, 12:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson58 min
Dec 31, 12:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXIrion116 min
Dec 31, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston65 min
Dec 31, 1:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXWharton2 hr
Dec 31, 2:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXJackson119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.