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River Flood Warning 126, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 1, 2016Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2016, 4:05 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2016, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2016, 1:36 AM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Peach Creek near Splendora (SPDT2). The gauge peaked at 16.53 ft at May 1, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08071000, 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 May 1, 3:36 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:36 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 7:07 AM CDT, 8 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
707 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-021215-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
707 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

UNSETTLED WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS AND
SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR STORMS. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD COME TO AN END WITH A FRONTAL
PASSAGE ON MONDAY. MODERATE OFFSHORE WINDS IN ITS WAKE MAY
REQUIRE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED FROM MID WEEK ONWARD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-021215-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
707 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EXPECT INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE DAY
AND OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGER CELLS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD WHICH COULD LEAD
TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. 30 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO A
POSSIBILITY IN THE STRONGER CELLS. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DIMINISH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COOL
FRONT ON MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 9:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBurleson, Lee36 hr
May 1, 6:25 PM CDTRip Current StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston6 hr
May 1, 6:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris, Montgomery60 min

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.