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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 25, 2015Houston County, Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2015, 10:36 AM CDT for Houston County, Madison County, Texas. It took effect at May 25, 2015, 8:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2015, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2015, 8:49 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 11:04 AM CDT
In force: 24 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Crockett (CRKT2).

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 41 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08065350, 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 25, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 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 24, 9:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	19 days
May 24, 9:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Washington	32 hr
May 25, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Burleson	56 min
May 25, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston	32 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston	68 min
May 25, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Houston, Madison	84 min
May 25, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison	39 min
May 25, 5:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson	3 hr
May 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker	48 min
May 25, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Washington	39 min
May 25, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	34 min
May 25, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson	27 min
May 25, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Walker	3 hr
May 25, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes	32 min
May 25, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison	34 min
May 25, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Washington	63 min
May 25, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Washington	24 min
May 25, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Polk, Trinity	23 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.