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Flash Flood Warning 138, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 13, 19985 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 13, 1998, 9:15 AM CST for 5 counties in 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
Nov 13, 1998, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 1998, 12:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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.

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, 2:30 PM CST, 18 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 2:30 PM CST, 18 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 7:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXLiberty, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity3 hr
Nov 12, 7:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXMontgomery3 hr
Nov 12, 8:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Grimes, Waller, Washington115 min
Nov 12, 8:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton115 min
Nov 12, 8:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris115 min
Nov 12, 9:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton3 hr
Nov 12, 9:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Waller3 hr
Nov 12, 9:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXGrimes, Washington3 hr
Nov 12, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto2 hr
Nov 12, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXTrinity2 hr
Nov 12, 10:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXWalker119 min
Nov 12, 10:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXWalker94 min
Nov 13, 1:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller4 hr
Nov 13, 1:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker4 hr
Nov 13, 1:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton4 hr
Nov 13, 1:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Washington4 hr
Nov 13, 1:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXGrimes4 hr
Nov 13, 5:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery4 hr
Nov 13, 5:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker4 hr

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.