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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 29, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 29, 2016, 3:19 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 29, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2016, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2016, 10:11 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 28, 6:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 4:29 AM CDT, 22 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
429 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

GMZ335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-290930-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-
WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
429 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN
CHANCES TOWARD THE COAST. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BECOME LOCALLY
HEAVY NEAR THE COAST. DAYTIME HEATING WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER INLAND AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL AGAIN ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS. A DRYING TREND IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION DURING
THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX57 min
Aug 29, 2:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda55 min
Aug 29, 3:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda2 hr
Aug 29, 8:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria3 hr
Aug 29, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity57 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.