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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2015, 2:40 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2015, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2015, 3:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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 San Bernard River near Boling (BOLT2). The gauge peaked at 20.30 ft at Apr 27, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08117500, 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 26, 11:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 11:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:46 PM CDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 346 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-272100- 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- 346 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF LIGHT FOG MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES OF 2 TO 5 MILES. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN EDNA TO HUNTSVILLE LINE. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THERE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ON MONDAY A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING A WIDESPREAD THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. MOISTURE LEVELS ARE ALSO VERY HIGH SO FLOODING ISSUES FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. A LARGE SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD WEST TO EAST OF ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED ALONG THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-272100- 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- 346 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON MONDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 90 min | |
| Apr 26, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Washington | 78 min |
| Apr 27, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Walker | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Madison and 2 more | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 6 more | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 3:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 4:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Walker | 118 min |
| Apr 27, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 13 min |
| Apr 27, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and 1 more | 78 min |
| Apr 27, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 4:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 4:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Houston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 119 min |
| Apr 27, 4:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Polk and 3 more | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 46 min | |
| Apr 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 61 min | |
| Apr 27, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 44 min | |
| Apr 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 6 hr | |
| Apr 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 39 hr | |
| Apr 27, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 56 min | |
| Apr 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, Washington | 35 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.