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River Flood Warning 124, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 31, 2015Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2015, 10:06 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at May 31, 2015, 12:03 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2015, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC)
In effect from
May 31, 2015, 12:03 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 2, 2015, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 Peach Creek near Splendora (SPDT2). The gauge peaked at 12.06 ft at May 31, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08071000, 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 30, 6:47 PM CDT, 15 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:47 PM CDT, 15 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado44 min
May 30, 7:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller56 min
May 30, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin41 min
May 30, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton81 min
May 30, 8:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery and 2 more2 hr
May 30, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMatagorda46 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Wharton3 days

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.