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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 20, 2006Brazoria County, Harris County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2006, 2:29 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Harris County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 65 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2006, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
65 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Harris County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 241 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1335 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 Jun 19, 8:13 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 8:13 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1139 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-202130-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
1139 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. WINDS FROM THE GULF WILL FEED MOISTURE
INTO THE SYSTEM AND FUEL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS
WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT. WITH THE SATURATED GROUND FROM PREVIOUS RAINS THIS WILL
QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 AND 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH
TOMORROW MORNING. SERIOUS AND POSSIBLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING
COULD OCCUR IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS AND ALSO IN AND
AROUND AREA CREEKS AND BAYOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD
TAPER OFF AROUND NOON THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...SOME MAY BE STRONG. RAIN CHANCES
ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
FLOOD REPORTS ARE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT. THE NWS WILL
HAVE A SKYWARN COORDINATOR ON DUTY TO FACILITATE REPORTING. SPOTTERS
ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PLACE AND NOT TRAVEL INTO THE FLOODED AREAS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX63 min
Jun 19, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery3 hr
Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda6 hr
Jun 20, 3:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX97 min
Jun 20, 5:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris116 min
Jun 20, 5:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXMatagorda3 hr
Jun 20, 5:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX83 min
Jun 20, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Galveston, Liberty2 hr
Jun 20, 7:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXMatagorda4 hr
Jun 20, 11:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXMatagorda3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

Sources

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.