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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 15, 200712 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 15, 2007, 4:32 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2007, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Aug 15, 4:12 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 4:12 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 7:28 AM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 11:13 AM CDT	Inland Tropical Storm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda	11 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2007 Every flash flood watch in 2007

Sources

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