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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 14, 2015Trinity County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2015, 12:05 AM CDT for Trinity County, Walker County, Texas. It took effect at May 14, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 45 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2015, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2015, 9:54 AM CDT
In force: 45 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 05:07 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). The gauge peaked at 138.11 ft at Jun 6, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT.

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, 11:46 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 11:46 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 11:15 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 7:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 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 13, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery	12 hr
May 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	115 min
May 13, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	62 min
May 13, 9:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Lee	6 days
May 14, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fayette	35 min
May 14, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos	66 min
May 14, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	46 min
May 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	2 hr
May 14, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Madison	49 min
May 14, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Madison, Walker	14 min
May 14, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	38 min
May 14, 3:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	2 hr
May 14, 3:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	57 hr
May 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	35 min
May 14, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Walker	32 min
May 14, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker	113 min
May 14, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston	45 min
May 14, 5:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	58 min
May 14, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend	58 min

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.