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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 18, 2015Galveston County, Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2015, 11:33 AM CDT for Galveston County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2015, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2015, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
46 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 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, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXMatagorda, Wharton42 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.