Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Oct 4, 1998, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)

Expired

Oct 4, 1998, 10:50 PM CDT

In force

113 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Galveston County, TX

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TTAA00 KHOU 050156
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TXC167-050350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
857 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
* HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1050 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A CLUSTER OF
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF GALVESTON
  COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED
  TO DUMP ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND
  THAT HAS RECEIVED FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES SINCE 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE
  COUNTY AND AREAS OF HIGH WATER ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO DRAIN.
*
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISIXNG WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 4, 8:35 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
835 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998

BUSY NIGHT HERE AT THE WFO. MOISTURE RICH ATMOSPHERE AND UPR
DIFLUENCE SEEM TO COMBINE WITH AN AREA OF SFC CONVERGENCE ALG THE
I-45 CORRIDOR TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SE PTN OF OUR CWA.
THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL APPEARS TO HAVE GOTTEN A KICK IN THE
LAST HALF HOUR...AND HOPEFULLY WILL EXIT THE CWA WITHIN THE HOUR.

HAVENT HAD TIME FOR AN EXHAUSTIVE OVERVIEW OF THE MODELS...BUT AM
SKEPTICAL OF THE DRYING BEING INDICATED LATE TNGT INTO TMRW BY THE
ETA. ITS BEEN OFF ON THIS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS. NGM HOLDS MOISTURE
IN...AND WITH A DEEP SLY FLOW OFF THE GULF...THIS SOLN SEEMS MOST
REASONABLE. ANOTHER VORT LOBE IS SLATED TO CROSS THE AREA TMRW.
COULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF RW/TRW...SOME WITH HVY RAIN. ANOTHER ONE
IS ON OUR DOORSTEP BY 12Z TUE. SIGH.

CAN LOWER POPS NRN ZONES FOR THE NIGHT. LEAVE THEM ALONE ELSW...
SHD SEE REDEVELOPMENT AGAIN ALG COAST BY DAWN...AS WAS THE CASE PREV
TWO NIGHTS.

PRELIMS...

CLL B/B E/E 075/092 074/088  1335

IAH E/B E/E 074/092 075/088  3334

GLS B/B B/E 077/089 078/087  4334

SW  B/B B/E 076/090 076/088  2223  (JACKSON/MATAGORDA)

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

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