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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 5, 2007Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2007, 10:40 AM CDT for Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 5, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2007, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 7, 2007, 8:12 PM CDT
In force
33 days
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Chambers County, TX, Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 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 river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Moss Bluff (MBFT2).

Action stage
9.2 ft
Minor stage
12.2 ft
Moderate stage
15.2 ft
Major stage
17.2 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08067100, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 5, 10:33 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 10:33 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
554 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007

GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-
061100-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-
TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
554 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND ABUNDANT TROPICAL
MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
MEANS THAT RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AS THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW MEANDERS ACROSS TEXAS. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH
OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXJackson, Matagorda3 hr
Jul 5, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXMatagorda3 hr
Jul 5, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX56 min
Jul 5, 2:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton9 days
Jul 5, 6:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson, Wharton24 hr
Jul 5, 9:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria7 days
Jul 5, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBurleson, Lee5 days
Jul 5, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX28 min
Jul 5, 2:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Wharton3 days
Jul 5, 3:31 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementHGX6 hr
Jul 5, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX57 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXGalveston37 min
Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty24 min
Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXGalveston23 min
Jul 5, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXChambers19 min
Jul 5, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX28 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.