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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 9, 2015Jackson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2015, 3:48 PM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2015, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2015, 1:10 AM CDT
In force: 60 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 20:48 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 Lavaca River near Edna (EDNT2).

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 9, 3:39 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:39 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 6:58 AM CDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
658 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2015

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>213-226-227-235-101200-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-
JACKSON-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
658 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS RAIN
WILL BE FALLING OVER SOME LOCATIONS WHERE THE GROUND IS BECOMING
SATURATED FROM THE STEADY RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RUNOFF AND
LEAD TO SOME FLOODING OF STREETS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE TODAY WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AREAS GENERALLY
WEST OF A LIVINGSTON TO EDNA LINE WILL PROBABLY SEE THE BETTER
CHANCES OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LATER
IN THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE THREAT AREA TRANSITIONS FURTHER
SOUTHEAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

RAIN WILL COME TO AN END TUESDAY MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY LOCALIZED OR FLASH FLOODING
THAT THEY OBSERVE. ON TWITTER USE #HOUWX..#BCSWX OR #TXWX.

TXZ200-214-236>238-101200-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-
658 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS RAIN
WILL BE FALLING OVER SOME LOCATIONS WHERE THE GROUND IS BECOMING
SATURATED FROM THE STEADY RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RUNOFF AND
LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

RAIN WILL COME TO AN END TUESDAY MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING THAT THEY
OBSERVE. ON TWITTER USE #HOUWX..#BCSWX OR #TXWX.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-101200-
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-
658 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.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
Mar 9, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Madison	5 days
Mar 9, 11:24 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		16 hr
Mar 9, 11:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Colorado	115 min
Mar 9, 11:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton	7 days
Mar 9, 1:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Waller and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 9, 4:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 6 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every 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.