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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 13, 2014Austin County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2014, 5:31 AM CDT for Austin County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at May 14, 2014, 3:43 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2014, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2014, 3:43 AM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 4 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 10:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 13, 4:41 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 4:41 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:52 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 1:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 5:17 AM CDT, 14 minutes 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
May 12, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Trinity and 2 more	61 min
May 12, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Polk, Trinity and 2 more	54 min
May 12, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto	88 min
May 12, 11:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Waller, Washington and 1 more	10 hr
May 13, 12:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	116 min
May 13, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		117 min
May 13, 12:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton	115 min
May 13, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado	3 hr
May 13, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	47 min
May 13, 2:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	3 hr
May 13, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		46 min
May 13, 5:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Walker and 1 more	5 hr
May 13, 5:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Colorado	2 hr
May 13, 7:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.