Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Mar 3, 2001, 1:12 AM CST (07:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 3, 2001, 3:15 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Liberty County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KHGX 030714
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TXC291-030915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
112 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 112 AM CST...A CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY MOVED EAST AND OUT OF THE THE 
COUNTY. HOWEVER...LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFFS HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF 
MINOR STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. ANOTHER ROUND OF 
THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY WILL MOVE 
ACROSS LIBERTY COUNTY AND TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS...FURTHER 
AGGRAVATING ANY ONGOING FLOODING. LOOK FOR RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 
1.5 INCHES PER HOUR AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS 
THE REGION. 

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  AMES...CLEVELAND...DAISETTA...DAYTON...LIBERTY

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.

LAT...LON 3044 9476 2993 9455 2991 9496 3035 9512

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 2, 8:53 PM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
853 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW NOW CROSSING
OLD MEXICO SHOULD BE COMING IN TO MOSAIC RADAR RANGE SOON.  IN FAR
SW TX.  AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW, BANDS OF MODERATE PCPN ALREADY
EVIDENT OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE.  WILL HAVE A SLIGHT BREAK
IN THE ACTION OVER NW COUNTIES FOR A FEW HOURS, BUT SHOULD HAVE
REDEVELOPMENT OF PCPN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WELL INTO SATURDAY OVER
MUCH OF CWA.  AS SUCH, WILL MAKE ONLY COSMETIC CHANGES TO THE
CURRENT FORECAST FOR 9 PM ISSUANCE.

WILL KEEP FFA ACTIVE, AND GIVEN THE RELATIVELY SLOW FORECAST
MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE, IT MAY WELL EXTEND INTO SAT AT
LEAST THROUGH MID MORNING.  AREA OF UPPER DIFLUENCE AHEAD OF UPPER
WAVE MAY HELP TOUCH OFF ANOTHER BOUT OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
SATURDAY, PRODUCING CELLS OR A FEW TRAINS OF CELLS WHICH MAY POSE A
FLOODING OF FLASH FLOODING THREAT.

AS FOR THE RIVERS, RFC FORECASTS ALREADY HAVE TRINITY RIVER RISING
TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY, SO WILL HAVE UPDATE TO RIVER
FLOOD WARNING SOON AS WELL.

MARINE...NONE.

.KHGX...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10
CORRIDOR.  RIVER FLOOD WARNING ON THE TRINITY FROM LIBERTY DOWN
RIVER AND MINOR FLOOD AT GOODRICH AND PEACH CREEK (ALSO ON TRINITY).

38/31/BT

PRELIMS...
CLL CB 045/058 042/0Q64 040 820
IAH CB 047/059 045/064 040 830
GLS EU 053/062 051/061 048 830

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.