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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 4, 200822 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 4, 2008, 5:31 AM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 4, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2008, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 4, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 6, 2008, 2:34 AM CDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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 4, 4:54 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 4:54 AM CDT, 37 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 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		54 min
Aug 3, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	37 min
Aug 3, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		51 min
Aug 3, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		61 min
Aug 3, 10:49 PM CDT	Hurricane Watch	HGX		39 days
Aug 3, 10:49 PM CDT	Hurricane Watch	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more	37 hr
Aug 4, 5:22 AM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more	35 hr
Aug 4, 12:06 PM CDT	Inland Tropical Storm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Montgomery, Polk and 4 more	28 hr
Aug 4, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	52 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	19 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.