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River Flood Warning 209, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 27, 2015Houston County, Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2015, 8:35 PM CST for Houston County, Madison County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 29, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2015, 8:35 PM CST (02:35 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 11, 2016, 9:25 AM CST
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Crockett (CRKT2). The gauge peaked at 47.07 ft at Jan 2, 2016, 11:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 41 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08065350, 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 27, 5:51 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 5:51 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 3:15 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
315 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

TXZ163-164-177>179-200-282115-
HOUSTON-LIBERTY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-
315 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH
EARLY TO MID EVENING.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-282115-
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-
315 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE MARINE AREA THIS EVENING WITH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG WINDS. ALL MARINE INTERESTS
SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TXZ176-195>199-210>214-226-227-235>238-282115-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-JACKSON-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY-
WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
315 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND
PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO WILL BE PRIMARY THREATS UNTIL FRONT MOVES
THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
ACTIVATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 27, 4:13 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
413 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 ENE COLLEGE STATION   30.63N  96.24W
12/27/2015                   BRAZOS             TX   911 CALL CENTER

            WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY AT HIGHWAY 30 AND BIRD POND
            ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER HGX1500563

40

Local storm report, Dec 27, 4:53 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
453 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 WSW BRYAN             30.64N  96.45W
12/27/2015                   BRAZOS             TX   911 CALL CENTER

            ROAD CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER AT THE SILVER HILL
            ROAD BRIDGE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER HGX1500564

40

Local storm report, Dec 27, 4:54 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
454 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 NE COLLEGE STATION    30.67N  96.23W
12/27/2015                   BRAZOS             TX   911 CALL CENTER

            ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AT LAKEFRONT DRIVE AND
            FOREST DRIVE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER HGX1500565

40

Local storm report, Dec 27, 4:55 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
455 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     FLASH FLOOD      9 SE COLLEGE STATION    30.51N  96.20W
12/27/2015                   BRAZOS             TX   911 CALL CENTER

            ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER ON PEACH CREEK ROAD AT
            HIGHWAY 6.

&&

EVENT NUMBER HGX1500566

40

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 5:02 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 27, 5:28 PM CST, 3 hours 7 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
Dec 27, 6:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty, Polk	60 min
Dec 27, 8:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Madison	34 min
Dec 28, 4:26 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		14 hr
Dec 28, 8:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Washington	31 hr

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.