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River Flood Warning 200, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 8, 2015Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2015, 11:25 AM CST for Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 9, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 46 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2015, 11:25 AM CST (17:25 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 24, 2016, 12:59 PM CST
In force
46 days
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Chambers County, TX, Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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 Trinity River at Liberty (LBYT2). The gauge peaked at 29.60 ft at Dec 19, 2015, 9:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08067000, 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
Dec 8, 1:40 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson and 5 more7 hr
Dec 8, 11:25 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXChambers, Liberty51 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.