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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 18, 2009Colorado County, Jackson County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2009, 8:59 PM CDT for Colorado County, Jackson County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 19, 2009, 8:23 AM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2009, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2009, 8:23 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2009, 10:47 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Colorado County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 134 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 river

Written for the forecast point Sandy Creek near Cordele (CODT2). The gauge peaked at 15.56 ft at Apr 19, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08164450, 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 Apr 18, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
501 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-191200-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-
TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON-
501 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND COME TO AN END
THIS EVENING AS THE LAST OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. IF ADDITIONAL RAINS OCCUR OVER LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
HEAVY RAINS SINCE FRIDAY...FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.

A DRIER AIRMASS WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
AND WILL BRING TO AN END THIS WEATHER EVENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 4:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
429 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0426 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DICKINSON               29.45N 95.07W
04/18/2009                   GALVESTON          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEOPLE STRANDED IN CARS. WATER RESCUES ONGOING ALONG
            ROUTE 646.

&&

DREILLY

Local storm report, Apr 18, 4:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
440 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEAR LAKE SHORES       29.55N 95.03W
04/18/2009                   GALVESTON          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREES DOWNED IN CLEAR LAKE FOREST SUBDIVISION.

&&

DREILLY

Local storm report, Apr 18, 4:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
443 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0336 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WEBSTER                 29.53N 95.12W
04/18/2009                   HARRIS             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            WATER 14 TO 16 INCHES DEEP PIPERS MEADOW SUBDIVISION

&&

DREILLY

Local storm report, Apr 18, 5:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
520 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNW EL CAMPO          29.26N 96.31W
04/18/2009                   WHARTON            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR NEW TAITON

&&

DREILLY

Local storm report, Apr 18, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 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
Apr 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		2 hr
Apr 18, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		96 min
Apr 18, 11:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	4 days
Apr 18, 11:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	57 hr
Apr 18, 11:56 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	8 hr
Apr 19, 7:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton	5 days
Apr 19, 7:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria	70 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.