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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 18, 2015Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2015, 10:58 AM CDT for Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2015, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2015, 5:14 AM CDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 Tres Palacios River near Midfield (MTPT2). The gauge peaked at 26.17 ft at Apr 19, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08162600, 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 Apr 18, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Colorado, Waller, Washington3 hr
Apr 17, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX83 min
Apr 17, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda38 min
Apr 17, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris3 hr
Apr 17, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda44 min
Apr 17, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Galveston, Harris3 hr
Apr 17, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX95 min
Apr 17, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty47 min
Apr 17, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty40 min
Apr 17, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris61 hr
Apr 17, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX35 min
Apr 17, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX96 min
Apr 17, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXJackson, Wharton54 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX64 min
Apr 17, 9:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris7 days
Apr 17, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend, Wharton63 min
Apr 17, 10:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Wharton5 days
Apr 17, 10:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton8 days
Apr 17, 10:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson64 hr
Apr 17, 10:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris2 hr
Apr 17, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Wharton56 min
Apr 17, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Harris91 min
Apr 18, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX112 min
Apr 18, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Apr 18, 11:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris46 hr
Apr 18, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMatagorda45 min
Apr 18, 5:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris50 min
Apr 18, 6:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris60 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.