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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 5, 2009Jackson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 5, 2009, 10:03 AM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 5, 2009, 10:44 PM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2009, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2009, 10:44 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 8, 2009, 2:12 PM CDT
In force
63 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
Minor

County Jackson County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 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 Lavaca River near Edna (EDNT2). The gauge peaked at 24.86 ft at Oct 7, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08164000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 8:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson, Lavaca24 hr
Oct 4, 8:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson62 hr
Oct 5, 9:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson, Lavaca35 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.