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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 12, 2008Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 12, 2008, 9:10 AM CST for Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 12, 2008, 9:10 AM CST (15:10 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2008, 8:03 AM CST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Peach Creek near Splendora (SPDT2). The gauge peaked at 13.85 ft at Nov 12, 2008, 2:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08071000, 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 12, 6:17 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 6:17 AM CST, 2 hours 53 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
Nov 11, 6:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Montgomery, Waller	118 min
Nov 11, 7:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	24 hr
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, 3:57 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every 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.