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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 6, 2015Brazos County, Burleson County, Washington County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2015, 7:07 AM CDT for Brazos County, Burleson County, Washington County, Texas. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2015, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2015, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 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 May 6, 6:55 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:55 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 6:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
602 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

TXZ200-213-214-226-227-235>238-071100-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MATAGORDA-WHARTON-
602 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>212-071100-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-
POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
602 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE PRIMARY
HAZARD BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE REGION THROUGH
SATURDAY.

ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ANOTHER EPISODE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-071100-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
602 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THESE WINDS
HAVE PRODUCED TIDE LEVELS 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND RIP
CURRENTS ALONG THE GALVESTON BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEK. TIDES WILL LIKELY REMAIN ELEVATED AND RIP CURRENTS COULD
ALSO PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 3:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
349 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

TXZ195-197-060930-
BURLESON TX-WASHINGTON TX-
349 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BURLESON AND
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 346 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A WEAKENING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIME BOX...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF CALDWELL...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOMERVILLE...LAKE SOMERVILLE DAM...DEANVILLE...QUARRY AND LYONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3044 9685 3044 9645 3019 9650 3024 9673
      3025 9672 3025 9669 3029 9666 3030 9664
      3030 9667 3032 9669 3032 9674 3039 9679
      3039 9680 3043 9685
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 277DEG 20KT 3035 9678

LW

Local storm report, May 6, 6:31 AM CDT, 36 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 6, 2:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Lee	4 days
May 6, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Burleson	41 min
May 6, 4:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Burleson	42 min
May 6, 4:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Burleson, Washington	23 min
May 6, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington	27 min
May 6, 5:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Burleson, Washington	2 hr
May 6, 6:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson	114 min
May 6, 7:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington	2 hr
May 6, 8:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Washington	117 min
May 6, 8:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Waller, Washington	114 min
May 6, 9:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Washington	32 hr
May 6, 10:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	113 min

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.