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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 13, 2013Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2013, 2:41 AM CDT for Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2013, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2013, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Madison County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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.

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 Oct 12, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 4:36 AM CDT, 22 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
436 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-130945-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
436 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	2 hr
Oct 13, 1:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Madison	2 hr
Oct 13, 2:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Grimes	40 min
Oct 13, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes	32 min
Oct 13, 3:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Grimes	111 min
Oct 13, 4:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Madison	2 hr
Oct 13, 5:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Harris, Waller, Washington	2 hr
Oct 13, 5:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	3 hr
Oct 13, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin, Waller	38 min
Oct 13, 6:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Waller	117 min
Oct 13, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Montgomery, Washington	62 min
Oct 13, 8:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Waller	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Jackson, Waller, Wharton	3 hr
Oct 13, 10:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda and 3 more	9 hr
Oct 13, 11:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Wharton	3 hr
Oct 13, 1:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	2 hr
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton	5 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every 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.