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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 18, 2008Harris County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 18, 2008, 11:04 AM CST for Harris County, Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2008, 11:04 AM CST (17:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2008, 3:59 PM CST
In force
53 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 17:08 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 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 Feb 17, 2:37 PM CST, 20 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 2:37 PM CST, 20 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 11:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXChambers, Liberty22 hr
Feb 18, 11:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXChambers, Liberty33 hr

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.