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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 9, 2015Austin County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2015, 9:42 PM CDT for Austin County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2015, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2015, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Austin County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point San Bernard River at East Bernard (EBBT2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 9, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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
Mar 9, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Trinity, Walker	7 days
Mar 9, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Lavaca	32 hr
Mar 9, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk	67 hr
Mar 10, 8:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson	3 days
Mar 10, 9:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Madison, Walker	30 hr

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.