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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 16, 2010Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jan 16, 2010, 9:21 AM CST for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2010, 10:50 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2010, 9:21 AM CST (15:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2010, 10:50 AM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2010, 9:46 PM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
Minor

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 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 18.08 ft at Jan 16, 2010, 2:00 PM CST.

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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 Jan 15, 3:15 PM CST, 18 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 3:15 PM CST, 18 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 9:20 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson72 hr
Jan 15, 9:20 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.