Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 29, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2009, 5:09 AM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2009, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2009, 9:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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 Willow Creek near Tomball (LWCT2). The gauge peaked at 127.75 ft at Apr 28, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 126.4 ft
- Minor stage
- 129.4 ft
- Moderate stage
- 130.5 ft
- Major stage
- 133.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068325, 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 28, 4:38 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 4:38 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:47 PM CDT, 13 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 347 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-282100- 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- 347 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND AN INCREASINGLY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH A LESSER THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER AND SLOWER MOVING STORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD AVERAGE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...BUT ISOLATED TOTALS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A TYPICAL SPRING TIME PATTERN WILL PERSIST AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE STATE AND HELP TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 116 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009 TXZ198-199-212-213-280930- GRIMES-MONTGOMERY-WALLER-HARRIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAVASOTA...THE WOODLANDS...CONROE... WILLIS...HEMPSTEAD...PRAIRIE VIEW...BROOKSHIRE...HOUSTON... PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL...HUMBLE 116 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009 CLUSTERING STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCH HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT WILL CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AROUND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA TO NEAR PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
238 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0226 AM FLASH FLOOD CYPRESS 29.97N 95.70W
04/28/2009 HARRIS TX TRAINED SPOTTER
NEAR A FOOT OF WATER OVER MANY ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND
CYPRESS. WATER OVER ROAD AT HIGHWAY 290 AMD MUESCHKE
ROAD. LITTLE CYPRESS CREEK AT HOCKLEY GOING OVER BANKS.
&&
BLOODLocal storm report, Apr 28, 3:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
352 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 AM FLASH FLOOD 8 E KATY 29.80N 95.69W
04/28/2009 HARRIS TX PUBLIC
WATER IN HOMES AT BEAR CREEK.
&&
BLOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty and 1 more | 117 min |
| Apr 27, 7:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 90 min | |
| Apr 27, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 87 min | |
| Apr 28, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 1:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 115 min |
| Apr 28, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:27 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Fort Bend and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 days |
| Apr 28, 4:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 41 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller and 1 more | 118 min |
| Apr 28, 5:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 23 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 6:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 54 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Waller | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Waller | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 110 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington | 117 min |
| Apr 28, 7:51 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 23 hr | |
| Apr 28, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Madison | 114 min |
| Apr 28, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 101 min |
| Apr 28, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 112 min |
| Apr 28, 1:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 31 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 40 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 21 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazos, Madison | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Madison | 111 min |
| Apr 28, 6:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison | 6 days |
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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.