Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Aug 31, 2001, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)

Expired

Aug 31, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Wharton County, TX

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS AREAS OF    
  FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...AND EASTERN
  WHARTON COUNTIES WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALLY
  HIGHER POSSIBLE.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  ANGLETON...BOLING-IAGO...BRAZORIA...DANBURY

IN BRAZORIA COUNTY...ONLY MINOR FLOODING OF SOME STREETS HAS BEEN 
RECENTLY REPORTED. HOWEVER...HEAVIER RAINFALL IS SPREADING ACROSS 
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY AND MAY EXACERBATE FLOODING PROBLEMS 
THIS EVENING.

IN WHARTON COUNTY...ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE FM 1300 WEST OF FM 399 AND 
WEST OF HIGHWAY 1160. COUNTY ROADS 378...372...AND 366 ARE CLOSED 
AND FLOODED NEAR CREEK WATERSHEDS. FM 1301 IS CLOSED AT MATAGORDA 
COUNTY LINE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE ALSO REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD 164 AT 
TEAGUE ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 215 AT LOW WATER BRIDGE.

HIGH WATER IS REPORTED ON US 59 AT MUSTANG CREEK AND NEAR THE 525 
EXIT. HIGH WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 60 5 MILES 
SOUTH OF LANE CITY AND NEAR NEEL ROAD.

IN JACKSON COUNTY...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED WITH 
STREETS FLOODED IN THE EDNA AREA. NO MAJOR ROADS ARE CLOSED AT THIS 
TIME.

IN FORT BEND COUNTY...FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED PRIMARILY IN THE 
FAIRCHILDS AREA.

SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER 
SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE GROUND

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 2974 9582 2927 9512 2902 9554 2926 9592
          2899 9634 2877 9635 2875 9666 2906 9687
          2955 9616

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 31, 2:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
240 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

LAST NIGHTS MCS DUMPED ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO A FOOT OF RAIN OVER SW
ZONES. UPPER TROUGH CONTINUING ITS TREND OF EJECTING VORT LOBES
TOWARDS OUR CWFA. LARGE MCS EVIDENT BETWEEN ALI AND VCT...AND EXPECT
THIS TO PROPAGATE TOWARDS CWFA. AS PER PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...VERY
HIGH PWATS (NEAR 2.5 INCHES KLCH) OVER REGION...LOW LEVEL JET IN
PLACE AND DIFLUENCE ALOFT...AND PASSING VORT LOBES ALL POINT OUT TO
THE SAME SCENARIO TONIGHT (SEE QPFERD). W/ENOUGH DIRECTIONAL/SPEED
SHEAR AT LOWER LEVELS OVER COASTAL ZONES...POSSIBLE ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE RECKONED WITH TONIGHT. WILL RE-ISSUE
FFA FOR ALL OF CWFA FOR TONIGHT. MESO-ETA INDICATE UPPER LOW
SHIFTING GREATER FOCUS FOR CONVECTION SHOULD BE TOWARDS SW LA BY
SUNDAY. PWATS REMAINING HIGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND...LOWERING TO ABOUT
1.7 INCHES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY (AS PER AVN). UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
WEAKENING BUT HANGING ON THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. UPPER RIDGE
EXPECTED TO START BUILDING OVER REGION BY MID WEEK REDUCING RAIN
CHANCES. WILL CONTINUE SCA 20-60 NM COASTAL WATERS AND SCEC 0-20 NM
FOR TONIGHT.

37/46/48

.HGX...FFA ALL CWA TONIGHT.
       SCA 20 TO 60 NM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL.
       SCEC 0-20 NM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL.

CLL...TT 073/085 073/089 073 +86
IAH...TT 074/084 074/088 074 +86
GLS...TT 079/085 079/086 079 +86

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.