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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2016, 10:11 AM CST for Liberty County, Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2016, 10:11 AM CST (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2016, 9:38 AM CST
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Goodrich (GRIT2). The gauge peaked at 39.32 ft at Jan 10, 2016, 7:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 33 ft
- Minor stage
- 36 ft
- Moderate stage
- 38 ft
- Major stage
- 41 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066250, 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 Jan 9, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 8, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 38 min |
| Jan 8, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 6:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 94 min | |
| Jan 8, 6:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 46 min | |
| Jan 8, 6:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 46 min |
| Jan 8, 7:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 44 min |
| Jan 8, 7:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 42 min |
| Jan 8, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 35 min |
| Jan 8, 7:37 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 53 min | |
| Jan 8, 7:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 8:10 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 65 min | |
| Jan 8, 8:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| Jan 8, 8:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 37 min |
| Jan 8, 9:01 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 22 min | |
| Jan 8, 9:31 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| Jan 8, 9:35 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 25 min | |
| Jan 8, 10:38 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 97 min | |
| Jan 8, 11:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| Jan 8, 11:57 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 63 min | |
| Jan 9, 12:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Burleson | 41 min |
| Jan 9, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 5:59 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 24 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.