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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2009, 8:03 PM CDT for Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2009, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2009, 11:08 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Long King Creek at Livingston (LIVT2). The gauge peaked at 20.20 ft at May 3, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066200, 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 May 3, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:54 AM CDT, 16 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
354 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-041200-
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-
354 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY TRIGGERING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY...THE BEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE NORTH OF A
BELLVILLE TO LIBERTY LINE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY ACROSS REGIONS
NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MADISONVILLE TO SHEPHERD DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE CELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY
AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHWARD AND EVENTUALLY PULLS UP
STATIONARY NEAR THE COAST MONDAY MORNING. OVERALL PRECIPITATION
COVERAGE SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT STORM MOTIONS WILL
ALSO DIMINISH SO ANY REMAINING STRONG CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 2:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 2:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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 4, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	34 hr
May 4, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	46 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.