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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 19, 2009Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2009, 7:07 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2009, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2009, 9:27 AM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 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 San Bernard River near Boling (BOLT2). The gauge peaked at 31.01 ft at Apr 19, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08117500, 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, 13 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 5:48 PM CDT, 13 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:01 PM CDT, 14 hours 6 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Apr 18, 8:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton14 hr
Apr 18, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX96 min
Apr 18, 11:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXChambers, Liberty4 days
Apr 18, 11:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXChambers, Liberty57 hr
Apr 18, 11:56 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more8 hr
Apr 19, 7:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria70 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every 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.