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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 56 min | |
| Jul 5, 2:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton | 9 days |
| Jul 5, 6:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson, Wharton | 24 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 7 days |
| Jul 5, 11:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Burleson, Lee | 5 days |
| Jul 5, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 28 min | |
| Jul 5, 2:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton | 3 days |
| Jul 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | HGX | 6 hr | |
| Jul 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 57 min | |
| Jul 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers | 19 min |
| Jul 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.