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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 1, 2013Austin County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 1, 2013, 9:37 AM CDT for Austin County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2013, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 2013, 8:30 PM CST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Austin County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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 San Bernard River at East Bernard (EBBT2).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Oct 31, 6:28 PM CDT, 15 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 6:28 PM CDT, 15 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 10:32 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 6 more10 hr
Nov 1, 10:21 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX35 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.