Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2016

River Flood Warning 190, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 29, 2016Liberty County, Polk County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2016, 9:36 AM CDT for Liberty County, Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2016, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2016, 4:26 PM CDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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 Menard Creek near Rye (RYET2). The gauge peaked at 26.26 ft at May 29, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate15202505/2905/3005/31
Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066300, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.