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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 9, 2016Liberty County, Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas

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

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.

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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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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 4:13 AM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 5:02 AM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker38 min
Jan 8, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Liberty50 min
Jan 8, 6:26 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX94 min
Jan 8, 6:44 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX46 min
Jan 8, 6:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers46 min
Jan 8, 7:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris44 min
Jan 8, 7:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk42 min
Jan 8, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris35 min
Jan 8, 7:37 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX53 min
Jan 8, 7:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris45 min
Jan 8, 8:10 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX65 min
Jan 8, 8:16 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
Jan 8, 8:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers37 min
Jan 8, 9:01 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 6 more3 hr
Jan 8, 9:08 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX22 min
Jan 8, 9:31 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
Jan 8, 9:35 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX25 min
Jan 8, 10:38 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX97 min
Jan 8, 11:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
Jan 8, 11:57 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX63 min
Jan 9, 12:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson41 min
Jan 9, 12:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington35 min
Jan 9, 5:59 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016Every river flood warning in 2016

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.