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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 21, 2015Jackson County, Texas

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 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 Lavaca River near Edna (EDNT2). The gauge peaked at 23.64 ft at Mar 23, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT.

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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, Mar 21, 5:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 5:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington3 hr
Mar 21, 7:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX32 min
Mar 21, 8:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda63 min
Mar 21, 9:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris116 min
Mar 21, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXLavaca36 hr
Mar 21, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson3 days
Mar 21, 2:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda, Wharton2 hr
Mar 21, 3:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris3 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.