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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 18, 2015Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2015, 9:38 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2015, 3:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2015, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2015, 3:34 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 29, 2015, 3:34 AM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 San Bernard River near Boling (BOLT2). The gauge peaked at 20.02 ft at Mar 25, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08117500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 3:14 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 6 more3 hr
Mar 18, 9:23 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryHGX2 hr
Mar 18, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Wharton3 days
Mar 18, 4:13 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryHGX11 hr

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.