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Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 12, 1998Grimes County, Montgomery County, Waller County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 1998, 12:25 PM CST for Grimes County, Montgomery County, Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Nov 12, 1998, 12:25 PM CST (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 1998, 2:30 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Grimes County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Waller 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 Nov 12, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
920 AM CST THU NOV 12 1998

CELL TRAINING OCCURRING THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF FA...APPEARS THAT BAND IS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD AND LIKELY
TO CONVERGE WITH DEVELOPING CELLS MOVING NORTH ACROSS COASTAL
COUNTIES.  FLOOD EVENT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AS MAIN UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IS STILL OVER SW U.S./ MEX.
TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHWARD WITH NEAR 2 INCH
PW EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY TONIGHT. WILL UPDATE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT TO INCREASE EXPECTED
TOTALS DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS...UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE...AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF MID-UPPER LEVEL TROF.

ONLY CHANGES TO ZONES WILL BE TO UP POPS 1ST PERIOD AND CHANGE
WORDING TO SHWRS AND TSTMS...AS EXPECT ALL OF FORECAST AREA TO GET
RAINFALL BY THIS AFTERNOON.

CCFHOU...
CLL TT 065/058 065$/054 065 +++
IAH TT 065/060 065/059 065 +++
GLS TT 070/067 069/066 069 +++

.HOU...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
       SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TO HIGH ISLAND.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 7:53 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Washington3 hr
Nov 12, 9:33 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Waller3 hr
Nov 12, 10:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Washington3 hr
Nov 12, 11:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto3 hr
Nov 12, 1:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Colorado3 hr
Nov 12, 1:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXWashington3 hr
Nov 12, 3:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto4 hr
Nov 12, 3:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Waller4 hr
Nov 12, 4:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Washington3 hr
Nov 12, 4:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

Sources

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