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River Flood Warning 144, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2015, 9:52 PM CDT for Liberty County, Polk County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 18, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2015, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2015, 4:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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 Menard Creek near Rye (RYET2). The gauge peaked at 21.76 ft at Jun 18, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 23 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066300, 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 Jun 17, 9:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 9:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 728 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-181230- 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- 728 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. ABOVE NORMAL SURF AT AREA BEACHES WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. WATER LEVELS 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND WAVE ACTION WILL RUN UP THE BEACH AND COULD APPROACH THE LOWEST LYING ROADWAYS AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING AND PRODUCE MINOR OVERWASH. IF GOING TO THE BEACH BE SURE TO ASK AND FOLLOW ADVICE OF BEACH PATROL OFFICIALS AND LIFEGUARDS. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD AND AWAY FROM PIERS...JETTIES AND ROCK GROINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTER THURSDAY'S ONSHORE WINDS DIE OUT PER THE NORTHEAST EXIT OF THE REMNANTS OF BILL...NO SIGIFICANT WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LOCAL MEDIA...LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. TXZ176>178-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-181230- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-SAN JACINTO-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 728 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY... FEEDER BANDS FORMING SOUTH OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL MOVING NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE PERIODIC HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING EPISODES THROUGH THE DAY INTO EVENING HOURS. SINCE BILL HAS MADE LANDFALL...4 TO NEAR 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN FORECAST AREA COUNTIES SURROUNDING MATAGORDA BAY AND EXTENDING UP INTO AUSTIN ...WALLER...AND GRIMES COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS...WILL GENERATE FLOODING ISSUES. THESE HEAVY RAIN BANDS WILL BE PASSING ACROSS HOUSTON METRO DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...EXACERBATING THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT...NOT ONLY FROM SHEET OR RUN-OFF FLOODING BUT FROM RISES IN THE LOCAL WATERSHEDS. REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN...WHEN ENCOUNTERING ANY WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH UPON LOCAL ROADWAYS. THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING TRANSITIONS FROM THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA EARLIER TODAY TO THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA LATTER THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LINGERING RAINFALL FROM THE REMNANTS OF BILL ON THURSDAY SHOULD NOT POSE ANY IMMEDIATE FLOODING THREAT. THERE ARE MODEST PROBABILITIES OF RETURNING SHOWERS AND STORMS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THAT COULD INDUCE SHORT-LIVED NUISANCE FLOODING CONCERNS... ESPECIALLY OVER THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED HIGH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM BILL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LOCAL MEDIA...LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 15 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Waller, Washington | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Houston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Washington | 118 min |
| Jun 18, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Waller, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 9:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and 1 more | 108 min |
| Jun 18, 2:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 3 days |
| Jun 18, 4:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Madison, Walker | 48 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.