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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2008, 7:30 PM CST for Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 12, 2008, 11:15 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2008, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2008, 11:15 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2008, 7:54 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Harris County, TX, Montgomery County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 Spring Creek near Spring (SPNT2).
- Action stage
- 88 ft
- Minor stage
- 91.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 95 ft
- Major stage
- 100 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068500, 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 Nov 11, 7:10 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 7:10 PM CST, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 3:01 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 301 PM CST TUE NOV 11 2008 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-121200- 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- 301 PM CST TUE NOV 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH TOMORROW... .DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS DEEP GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE ONSHORE AND INTERACTS WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN THE TRAINING MOTION OF THE STORMS AND AVAILABLE TROPICAL MOISTURE. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE TOTALS MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TRAINING CELLS WILL BE A GOOD POSSIBILITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...AND THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IF THEY FALL ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS OUTLOOK AND FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. CHANCES OF RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE AND DRIER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 6:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Montgomery, Waller | 118 min |
| Nov 11, 8:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Waller | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 10:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Grimes, Montgomery, Waller, Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 11:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 39 min |
| Nov 11, 11:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 117 min |
| Nov 12, 1:47 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Wharton | 118 min |
| Nov 12, 1:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 12, 2:08 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 42 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 27 min |
| Nov 12, 3:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 52 min | |
| Nov 12, 9:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 23 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:57 PM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 9 hr |
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.