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Flash Flood Warning 123, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 24, 20155 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 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 24, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 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
Oct 24, 4:56 AM CDT	Gale Warning	HGX		50 hr
Oct 24, 5:13 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda	24 hr
Oct 24, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 16 more	89 min
Oct 24, 11:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	47 min
Oct 24, 12:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		51 min
Oct 24, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria	23 min
Oct 24, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		49 min
Oct 24, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		50 min
Oct 24, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	15 min
Oct 24, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Galveston	10 min
Oct 24, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	41 min
Oct 24, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	24 min
Oct 24, 2:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	3 hr
Oct 24, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria	48 min
Oct 24, 2:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller	3 hr
Oct 24, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		59 min
Oct 24, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	25 min
Oct 24, 2:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton	3 hr
Oct 24, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria	36 min
Oct 24, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Matagorda	35 min
Oct 24, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	27 min
Oct 24, 3:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 3 more	3 hr
Oct 24, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		35 min
Oct 24, 3:47 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	39 hr
Oct 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria	44 min
Oct 24, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		57 min
Oct 24, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris	3 hr
Oct 24, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Wharton	32 min
Oct 24, 6:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller	114 min
Oct 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris	2 hr
Oct 24, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Madison and 1 more	3 hr

Nearby

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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.