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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 3, 2009Polk County, San Jacinto County, Trinity County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2009, 10:09 AM CDT for Polk County, San Jacinto County, Trinity County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2009, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 15 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 15 hours 44 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
May 3, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery and 2 more	50 min
May 3, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Polk and 5 more	64 min
May 3, 7:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto	62 min
May 3, 7:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	33 min
May 3, 7:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	65 min
May 3, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	50 min
May 3, 8:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Polk	24 min
May 3, 9:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	57 min
May 3, 11:38 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.