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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 15, 20074 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 15, 2007, 11:07 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 19, 2007, 10:35 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2007, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 19, 2007, 10:35 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2007, 9:07 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Waller County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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 Brazos River at Richmond (RMOT2).

Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
45 ft
Moderate stage
48 ft
Major stage
50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08114000, 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 15, 10:07 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:07 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXMontgomery28 min
Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery15 min
Jul 15, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX118 min
Jul 15, 11:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington58 hr

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.