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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 11:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 22 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 33 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.