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River Flood Warning 191, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 31, 2016Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2016, 9:01 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 1, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2016, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 1, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point San Bernard River near Boling (BOLT2). The gauge peaked at 17.83 ft at May 31, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08117500, 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 31, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 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 31, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		57 min
May 31, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		93 min
May 31, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		61 min
Jun 1, 10:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	3 days
Jun 1, 10:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity	2 hr
Jun 1, 10:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Houston, Polk, Trinity	119 min
Jun 1, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	53 min
Jun 1, 5:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	94 min
Jun 1, 5:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton	65 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, San Jacinto	65 min
Jun 1, 6:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	110 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.