Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

May 19, 2000, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)

Expired

May 20, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT

In force

100 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1035 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY
  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN HARRIS...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND
  MOST OF LIBERTY COUNTIES.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER
  HOUR ARE OCCURRING OVER THE AREA. THIS IS ON TOP OF AREAS THAT
  RECEIVED 2 TO 5 INCHES EARLIER.  VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING IS LIKELY
  IN THIS AREA.  FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THESE AREA WILL LIKELY BE
  EXTENDED AS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVES INTO THE AREA
  FURTHERING THE THREAT OF FLOODING.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  KINGWOOD...LIBERTY...CROSBY...TOMBALL...HOUSTON...CONROE AND THE
  WOODLANDS.

USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS
OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD THIS IS LIFE THREATENING!

FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING! MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY IF YOU LIVE
ALONG A STREAM...CREEK...OR BAYOU IN THESE AREAS. DO NOT CROSS ANY
LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 19, 8:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
846 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2000

QUITE A BIT OF RAIN FOR PARTS OF THE FA ALREADY THIS EVENING. AREAS
NEAR IAH HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST 6 OF RAIN SINCE ABOUT 5 PM AND THE
APPROACH CONTROL BUILDING AT IAH REPORTED ABOUT 1 OF WATER IN THE
BUILDING AT ONE POINT. MOST OF THESE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF AS
THE JUNCTION OF CELL MERGERS HAVE ALSO MOVED OFF TO THE NE.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT WE COULD STILL BE IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE.
A N-S LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE TSRA DEVELOPING OVER SW/SC TX AS DEEP
MOISTURE/SPOTTY PCPN CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTH FROM THE GULF. EVENING
SOUNDINGS FROM THE AREA INDICATED A VERY WEAK CAP ALONG WITH A
FAIRLY STRONG S/SELY CLIP AT THE LOWER LEVELS. AMS ALSO APPEARS
QUITE UNSTABLE (-9 LI AT CRP) CLOSER TO THE COAST. IN ADDITION...
THERE ARE LIKELY A LOT OF LEFT-OVER MESO BOUNDARIES AROUND THE AREA.
THUS WILL EXTEND THE FFA FOR ALL OF THE CWA AND KEEP THE MENTION OF
SEVERE ALL THE WAY AROUND. 41/47/30/42/48/36

.KHGX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ALL SE TX.

CLL TT 068/084 067/087 068 8534
IAH CE 071/085 069/087 070 8434
GLS CE 075/083 073/083 075 6434

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.