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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 21, 2013Grimes County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2013, 9:37 PM CDT for Grimes County, Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2013, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2013, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Grimes County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 21, 9:04 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 9:04 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 4:47 AM CDT, 16 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
447 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

TXZ200-213-214-226-227-235>238-221000-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MATAGORDA-WHARTON-
447 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUTS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS
...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. OCCASIONALLY THESE FUNNEL
CLOUDS MAY EXTEND TO THE GROUND AND BECOME A WEAK AND SHORT LIVED
TORNADO. SLOW-MOVING CLUSTERS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CREATE MINOR FLOODING ISSUES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUTS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS
...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. OCCASIONALLY THESE FUNNEL
CLOUDS MAY EXTEND TO THE GROUND AND BECOME A WEAK AND SHORT LIVED
TORNADO. SLOW-MOVING CLUSTERS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CREATE MINOR FLOODING ISSUES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-221000-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
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-
447 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WATERSPOUTS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING.
MARINERS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS WITH
APPROACHING STORM CELLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WATERSPOUTS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING.
MARINERS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS WITH
APPROACHING STORM CELLS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 8:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGrimes64 min
Aug 21, 9:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGrimes, Walker113 min
Aug 22, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty41 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.