Alert archive / Texas / Flood Watches in 2012
Flood Watch 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flood watch at Feb 16, 2012, 3:21 PM CST for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 17, 2012, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 77 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2012, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2012, 2:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2012, 3:17 AM CST
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Flood severity
- None
All 23 counties
Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Feb 16, 3:03 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:03 PM CST, 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:12 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:00 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Feb 16, 4:31 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 4 hr |
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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.