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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 27, 2015Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT for Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at May 28, 2015, 3:14 AM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
In effect from: May 28, 2015, 3:14 AM CDT
Expired: May 29, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Harris County, TX, Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork San Jacinto River near Conroe (CFKT2). The gauge peaked at 116.50 ft at May 28, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 114.8 ft
Minor stage: 115.8 ft
Moderate stage: 116.8 ft
Major stage: 117.8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068000, 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 27, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 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 27, 10:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	60 hr
May 28, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Burleson	63 min
May 28, 4:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	14 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.