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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 13, 2008Harris County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 13, 2008, 7:55 PM CST for Harris County, Liberty County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 14, 2008, 7:30 AM CST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2008, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 14, 2008, 7:30 AM CST
Expired: Nov 16, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 Luce Bayou near Huffman (HFFT2).

Action stage: 67.5 ft
Minor stage: 70.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08071250, 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 13, 6:01 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 6:01 PM CST, 1 hour 54 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 14, 3:48 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		53 hr
Nov 14, 7:42 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	20 hr
Nov 14, 9:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	11 hr
Nov 14, 3:50 PM CST	Gale Warning	HGX		21 hr
Nov 14, 5:58 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda	21 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.