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River Flood Warning 202, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2015, 10:17 AM CST for Liberty County, Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2015, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 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 Trinity River near Goodrich (GRIT2). The gauge peaked at 38.81 ft at Dec 16, 2015, 6:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 33 ft
- Minor stage
- 36 ft
- Moderate stage
- 38 ft
- Major stage
- 41 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066250, 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 Dec 12, 4:09 AM CST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 4:09 AM CST, 6 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 7:30 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 730 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2015 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-131330- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- 730 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COUPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SECOND ONE WILL CONSIST OF A SQUALL LINE PUSHING THROUGH BETWEEN 4 AM AND NOON SUNDAY. ISOLATED STRONGER CELLS COULD PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE OR TORNADOES. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES IF TRAINING OF STORMS DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE SQUALL LINE WILL DEPART THE AREA BY NOON SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-131330- 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- 730 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND SEAS WILL BUILD. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE REQUIRED. SCATTERED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY FOLLOWED BY A SQUALL LINE SUNDAY MORNING. WATERSPOUTS AND CHAOTIC SEAS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE SQUALL LINE WILL DEPART THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY. HOWEVER WINDS AND SEAS WILL TAKE A WHILE TO SUBSIDE AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE DAY SUNDAY. ANOTHER FRONT AND MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:37 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 40 hr | |
| Dec 12, 12:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 45 min |
| Dec 12, 3:02 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Dec 12, 4:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 38 min |
| Dec 12, 4:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Waller | 51 min |
| Dec 12, 4:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Dec 12, 4:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 29 min |
| Dec 12, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 23 min |
| Dec 12, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 26 min |
| Dec 12, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Walker | 29 min |
| Dec 12, 5:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Dec 12, 5:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Dec 12, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 45 min |
| Dec 12, 5:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos | 24 min |
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.