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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 20, 2015Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2015, 10:30 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Texas. It took effect at May 20, 2015, 11:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2015, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2015, 11:40 PM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Brazos River near Rosharon (ROST2). The gauge peaked at 44.08 ft at May 22, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 47 ft
Major stage: 51.3 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08116650, 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 20, 5:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 5:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 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 19, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson, Lavaca	37 hr
May 20, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson	53 hr
May 20, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	45 min
May 20, 1:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris	114 min
May 20, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	43 min
May 20, 2:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	2 hr
May 20, 3:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	54 min
May 20, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria	117 min
May 20, 3:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Waller	114 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.