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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood watch at Apr 17, 2016, 5:11 AM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 71 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2016, 5:11 AM CDT (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Flood severity
- None
All 23 counties
Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Apr 17, 5:02 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 5:02 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 11:02 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda | 50 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:58 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda | 19 hr |
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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.