Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Aug 31, 2001, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 31, 2001, 9:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Jackson County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KHGX 310844
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TXC239-481-311430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
345 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 340 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING
  OVER BOTH COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH SPOTS IN NORTHWESTERN JACKSON
  COUNTY AND EASTERN WHARTON COUNTY RECEIVING 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  EDNA...EL CAMPO...GANADO...WHARTON...MORALES...CORDELE
  U.S. HIGHWAY 59 AT SOME LOCATIONS

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION ACT NOW TO PROTECT 
YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 
AUTHORITIES ASK YOU TO EVACUATE.

YOUR HOME IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO STAY UNLESS WATER BEGINS TO ENTER 
AND CONTINUES TO RISE RAPIDLY. IF FLOOD WATERS ENTER YOUR 
HOME...TURN OFF THE MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER OR MASTER FUSE TO PREVENT 
ELECTROCUTION.

SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER 
SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE 
WATER COVERS THE ROAD MOST OF VICTIMS FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON 
DROWNED WHEN THEIR CARS STALLED OR WERE SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS.

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 2961 9616 2928 9591 2898 9633 2876 9663
          2910 9686 2940 9637

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 31, 3:15 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
315 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN EVENT CONTINUES. OVERNIGHT RAINFALL HAS BEEN
MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD THAN PREVIOUS NIGHTS THIS WEEK PLUS TOTALS HAVE
BEEN HIGHER THAN BEFORE.  RAINFALL SOUTH OF I-10 AND JUST INLAND
FROM THE COAST AVERAGING 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH SEVERAL POCKETS OF 7 TO
10 INCHES. GIVEN PWS IN EXCESS OF 2.25 THESE AMOUNTS NOT SURPRISING.
WEEKLY TOTALS IN SOME LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 15 INCHES...

SHORT TERM...CURRENT MCS SET UP EAST WEST WITH NORTHERN EDGE ALONG
I-10 AND SOUTHERN EDGE ROUGHLY SOUTHERN HOUSTON METRO AREA TO
VICTORIA. BANDS OF CONVECTION ORIENTED NORTH SOUTH FORMING OVER GULF
AND MOVING NORTH 25 OR SO THEN MERGING INTO MCS.  WITH DEEP
SOUTHERLY FLOW AT 25 TO 30 KTS FROM GULF EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE
PAST SUNRISE BEFORE DIURNAL CHANGE...POSSIBLY TAKING CONVECTION
FURTHER SOUTH AND NEW CONVECTION FIRING INLAND NORTH OF I-10.
QPFERD UNDERSTATING POTENTIAL. EXPECT ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED 5 TO 10 THROUGH NOON TODAY...UNFORTUNATELY IN SAME AREAS
WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY OCCURRED. NEEDLESS TO SAY...FLASH FLOOD
WATCH TO CONTINUE. MODERATE LOW LEVEL JET ABOVE WEAK SURFACE FEATURE
PROVIDING JUST ENOUGH SHEAR FOR ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT.

MIDDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH MOISTURE...MID LEVEL TROUGH TO
WEST... ENTRANCE REGION OF JET WITH FAVORABLE UPPER DIVERGENCE AND
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE ALONG COASTAL COUNTIES REMAINS
ESSENTIALLY IN PLACE. THEREFORE POTENTIAL FOR MORE EXCESSIVE RAIN
AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.  MESOSCALE FEATURES WILL DICTATE WHERE
AND WHEN THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL.  MODELS SUGGEST ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...
FORCING YET ANOTHER MAJOR MCS AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA.

EXTENDED...
SUNDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MRF KEEPS MID LEVEL TROUGH AND ABOVE NORMAL
MOISTURE OVER AREA. BEYOND THAT TROUGH DEEEPENING TO WEST AND RIDGE
BUILDING NORTHWARD OVER GULF COAST STATES SHOULD REDUCE RAIN CHANCE.
LOW CONFIDENCE IN MODEL SOLUTIONS AND WILL KEEP CHANCE IN THROUGH
PERIOD.

30/43/31/DH

.HGX...FFA ALL CWA TODAY.
       SCEC 20 TO 60 NM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL.

PRELIMS...
CLL...080/073 083/073 088 987
IAH...079/074 080/074 086 +87
GLS...083/079 083/079 086 +87

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.