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River Flood Warning 129, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 15, 2016Burleson County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2016, 1:51 PM CDT for Burleson County, Lee County, Texas. It took effect at May 15, 2016, 2:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2016, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2016, 2:53 PM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Burleson County, TX, Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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 Middle Yegua Creek near Dime Box (DMYT2).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08109700, 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 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 19 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 19 hours 7 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
May 14, 7:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	112 min
May 15, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	63 min

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.