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River Flood Warning 210, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 28, 2015Burleson County, Washington County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 8:37 AM CST for Burleson County, Washington County, Texas. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2015, 8:37 AM CST (14:37 UTC)
Expired
Dec 29, 2015, 3:36 PM CST
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Burleson County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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 Davidson Creek near Lyons (LYNT2). The gauge peaked at 16.31 ft at Dec 28, 2015, 10:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08110100, 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, 14 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 5:51 PM CST, 14 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 3:15 PM CST, 17 hours 22 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 6:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty, Polk60 min
Dec 27, 8:35 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHouston, Madison15 days
Dec 27, 8:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison34 min
Dec 28, 4:26 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX14 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.