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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 13, 2015Trinity County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2015, 10:53 AM CDT for Trinity County, Walker County, Texas. It took effect at May 13, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2015, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River at Riverside (RVRT2).

Action stage: 132 ft
Minor stage: 133.5 ft
Moderate stage: 136 ft
Major stage: 140 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066000, 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 13, 7:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 6:53 AM CDT, 4 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
653 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

TXZ200-213-214-227-237-238-141200-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-LIBERTY-
653 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THESE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED VERY HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A VERY
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND CANNOT PICK UP MUCH MORE PRECIPITATION
UNTIL FLOODING OCCURS. ALTHOUGH HIGH RAINFALL IS NOT FORECAST...THE
FORECAST DOES CALL FOR A MODERATE TO HIGH CHANCE OF RETURNING
RAINFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF UNDER AN INCH...THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. MORE THAN AN INCH PER HOUR RATES WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING
OVER THESE COMMUNITIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DAILY RAINFALL FORECASTS ARE FOR MODERATE TO LIKELY PROBABILITIES
EACH SUBSEQUENT DAY. PRIOR RAINFALL HAS SATURATED GROUNDS AND IT
WILL NOT TAKE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES TO INDUCE FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE WEEK.

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>212-226-235-236-141200-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-GRIMES-HOUSTON-JACKSON-MADISON-
MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
653 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THESE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS AND WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO REPEAT FLOODING WHEN RAIN
RETURNS. ALTHOUGH EXTREME RAINFALL IS DIFFICULT TO FORECAST...THE
FORECAST DOES CALL FOR A LIKELY CHANCE OF RETURNING RAINFALL TODAY
OR TONIGHT...WITH A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN AN
INCH. GENERALLY ...MORE THAN TWO INCH PER HOUR RATES WILL AGGRAVATE
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DAILY RAINFALL FORECASTS ARE FOR MODERATE TO LIKELY PROBABILITIES
EACH SUBSEQUENT DAY. PRIOR RAINFALL HAS SATURATED GROUNDS AND IT
WILL NOT TAKE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES TO INDUCE FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE WEEK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 5:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 7:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	51 min
May 12, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Liberty, Polk	2 hr
May 12, 7:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston	3 hr
May 12, 8:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Waller	3 hr
May 12, 8:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	2 hr
May 12, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Harris	3 hr
May 12, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	55 days
May 12, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Madison, Walker	33 hr
May 12, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Matagorda, Wharton	35 hr
May 12, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria	3 hr
May 12, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston, Harris	3 hr
May 12, 10:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda	112 min
May 12, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	2 hr
May 12, 11:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Waller	3 hr
May 12, 11:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris	111 min
May 13, 12:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston, Harris	38 hr
May 13, 12:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Harris	56 min
May 13, 12:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	3 hr
May 13, 1:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	3 hr
May 13, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		24 min
May 13, 1:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	2 hr
May 13, 2:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston, Harris	7 days
May 13, 2:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	34 hr
May 13, 4:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Waller	6 hr
May 13, 4:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	3 hr
May 13, 4:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	60 min
May 13, 4:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk	3 days
May 13, 5:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris	4 hr
May 13, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris	3 hr
May 13, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	3 days
May 13, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	64 days
May 13, 2:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington	117 min
May 13, 3:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller and 1 more	111 min
May 13, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Jackson, Wharton	25 min
May 13, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	115 min
May 13, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Jackson	38 min
May 13, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	118 min
May 13, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto	2 hr
May 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	116 min
May 13, 6:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	109 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.