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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 21, 2015, 9:59 AM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2015, 1:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2015, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2015, 1:51 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2015, 8:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 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 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Lavaca River near Edna (EDNT2). The gauge peaked at 23.64 ft at Mar 23, 2015, 1:00 PM 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 21, 6:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 6:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 532 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-221045- 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- 532 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS TODAY WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES BRINGING STORM TOTALS FOR THE EVENT TO BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL NORTH OF AN EDNA TO CONROE TO CLEVELAND LINE. THUS FAR...THE RAIN HAS BEEN STEADY AND NOT EXCESSIVE BUT MODELS SHOW A BURST OF HEAVY RAIN LATE THIS MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO THE WOODLANDS TO COLDSPRING LINE. ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...DENSE SEA FOG WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A MILE. THE FOG SHOULD ERODE LATER THIS MORNING BUT WILL LIKELY RETURN AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-221045- 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- 532 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE SEA FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN HAMPER NAVIGATION ON GALVESTON BAY AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS. VISIBILITIES WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN A 1/2 MILE AND 4 MILES. SOME IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 21, 5:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 5:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 32 min | |
| Mar 21, 8:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda | 63 min |
| Mar 21, 9:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris | 116 min |
| Mar 21, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Lavaca | 36 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson | 3 days |
| Mar 21, 2:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda, Wharton | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris | 3 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.