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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 29, 2013Burleson County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 29, 2013, 9:18 AM CDT for Burleson County, Lee County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 30, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 29, 2013, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 30, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 1, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Burleson County, TX, Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Middle Yegua Creek near Dime Box (DMYT2). The gauge peaked at 4.90 ft at Sep 30, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08109700, 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 Sep 29, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 29, 7:18 AM CDT, 2 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 28, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Waller, Washington	114 min
Sep 28, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Waller, Washington	3 hr
Sep 29, 1:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Madison	117 min
Sep 29, 2:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Grimes	2 hr
Sep 29, 6:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Waller, Washington	117 min
Sep 29, 6:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Waller, Washington	3 hr
Sep 29, 9:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Walker	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every 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.