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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 28, 2016Houston County, Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2016, 10:25 AM CDT for Houston County, Madison County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2016, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2016, 8:46 PM CDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Crockett (CRKT2). The gauge peaked at 41.22 ft at May 1, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 41 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 48 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08065350, 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 Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDT, 15 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDT, 15 hours 56 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
Apr 28, 10:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	17 days
Apr 28, 2:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 15 more	44 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every 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.