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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 19, 2015Jackson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2015, 10:32 PM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2015, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jackson County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 Lavaca River near Edna (EDNT2). The gauge peaked at 22.14 ft at Mar 20, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08164000, 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 Mar 19, 8:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 8:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 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
Mar 20, 3:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston and 8 more	39 hr
Mar 20, 11:27 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		23 hr
Mar 20, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Lee	4 days
Mar 20, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	37 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every 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.