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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2015, 2:57 AM CDT for Burleson County, Lee County, Texas. It took effect at May 6, 2015, 12:29 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2015, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2015, 12:29 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 9:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Burleson County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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 Middle Yegua Creek near Dime Box (DMYT2). The gauge peaked at 12.00 ft at May 8, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08109700, 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 May 5, 11:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 11:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 11:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1142 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 TXZ163-164-177>179-199-200-212>214-226-227-235>238-070445- BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON- LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER- WALLER-WHARTON- 1142 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WEST OF A MADISONVILLE TO TO BELLVILLE TO COLUMBUS LINE COULD BECOME STRONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL TRIGGER ANOTHER EPISODE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ176-195>198-210-211-070445- AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-GRIMES-MADISON-WASHINGTON- 1142 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WEST OF A MADISONVILLE TO TO BELLVILLE TO COLUMBUS LINE COULD BECOME STRONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL TRIGGER ANOTHER EPISODE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-070445- 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- 1142 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE BAYS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED TIDE LEVELS 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GALVESTON BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. TIDES WILL LIKELY REMAIN ELEVATED AND RIP CURRENTS COULD ALSO PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Burleson | 41 min |
| May 6, 4:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 23 min |
| May 6, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington | 27 min |
| May 6, 5:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 6, 6:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Burleson | 114 min |
| May 6, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 83 min |
| May 6, 7:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 6, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 117 min |
| May 6, 8:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Waller, Washington | 114 min |
| May 6, 9:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 32 hr |
| May 6, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Waller | 113 min |
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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.