Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 59, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 27, 2009, 10:04 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 1, 2009, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2009, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 1, 2009, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2009, 7:55 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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 Brazos River near Rosharon (ROST2). The gauge peaked at 41.42 ft at Nov 1, 2009, 6:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 40 ft
- Minor stage
- 43 ft
- Moderate stage
- 47 ft
- Major stage
- 51.3 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08116650, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
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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.