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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 28, 1999Jackson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1999, 6:35 PM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1999, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 May 28, 2:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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<body>
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    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	60 min
May 27, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Montgomery	43 min
May 27, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	60 min
May 27, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery	45 min
May 27, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	45 min
May 27, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	60 min
May 28, 1:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado	3 hr
May 28, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado, Wharton	45 min
May 28, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Wharton	50 min
May 28, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Waller	32 min
May 28, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson	46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1999 Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.