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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 28, 2015Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT for Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2015, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
14 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 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Spring Creek near Spring (SPNT2). The gauge peaked at 95.07 ft at May 28, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
88 ft
Minor stage
91.5 ft
Moderate stage
95 ft
Major stage
100 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068500, 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, 23 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:06 PM CDT, 23 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery45 hr
May 27, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery60 hr
May 28, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson63 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.