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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 13, 2008Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 13, 2008, 1:59 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2008, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2008, 9:51 AM CDT
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
Major

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 Greens Bayou near Houston (GBLT2). The gauge peaked at 36.21 ft at Sep 14, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
27 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08076700, 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 Sep 13, 10:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 10:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 4:55 AM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
455 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-140000-
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-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON-
455 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HURRICANE IKE HAS MADE LANDFALL NEAR GALVESTON AROUND 2 AM THIS
MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AS IKE
TRACKS TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 12 MPH. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH IKE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A TORNADO THREAT WITH SOME OF THE
RAINBANDS AS IKE MOVES ONSHORE. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS ON IKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

DEEP MOISTURE LINGERING IN THE WAKE OF IKE WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE
REGION ON SUNDAY EVENING WILL ALSO SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY EVENING. COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 3:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris3 hr
Sep 13, 5:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris3 hr
Sep 13, 5:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris24 hr
Sep 13, 6:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris14 hr
Sep 13, 6:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris14 hr
Sep 13, 6:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris45 hr
Sep 13, 6:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris24 hr
Sep 13, 6:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris37 hr
Sep 13, 7:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris24 hr
Sep 13, 7:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris4 days
Sep 13, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris3 hr
Sep 13, 9:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and 2 more3 hr
Sep 13, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXMontgomery4 days
Sep 13, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty6 days
Sep 13, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery45 hr
Sep 13, 11:17 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX23 hr
Sep 13, 11:23 AM CDTWind AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson and 4 more5 hr
Sep 13, 11:28 AM CDTInland Tropical Storm WarningHGXGrimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and 2 more5 hr
Sep 13, 11:28 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty5 hr
Sep 13, 11:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
Sep 13, 11:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXGrimes, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and 3 more3 hr
Sep 13, 1:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris7 hr
Sep 13, 1:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery65 hr
Sep 13, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto115 min
Sep 13, 4:34 PM CDTCoastal Flood StatementHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more46 hr
Sep 13, 4:37 PM CDTWind AdvisoryHGXHouston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker3 hr
Sep 13, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery, Polk59 min
Sep 13, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto112 min
Sep 13, 5:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery50 hr
Sep 13, 6:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.