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River Flood Warning 204, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 3, 2016Burleson County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 9:20 PM CDT for Burleson County, Lee County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 4, 2016, 12:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2016, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 4, 2016, 12:20 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
37 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 02:24 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 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 Jun 3, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:49 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
249 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-042000-
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-
249 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS
WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS FEATURE WILL PIVOT INTO
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TRIGGER PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE
WEATHER PATTERN TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
ON AVERAGE MOST LOCATIONS CAN ANTICIPATE 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL...BUT LOCALIZED SWATHS OF MUCH HIGHER TOTALS BETWEEN 4
AND 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE TRAINING SETS UP. WE WILL BE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER STORM COMPLEX TO
POSSIBLY IMPACT THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR COASTAL AREAS INTO SUNDAY. A
GRADUAL DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN FOR AREAS WELL INLAND ON
SUNDAY...BUT SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-042000-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
249 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT AREAS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST
TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO
1 NM OR LESS AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX25 min
Jun 3, 11:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXMatagorda3 hr
Jun 4, 12:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Matagorda2 hr
Jun 4, 12:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria2 hr
Jun 4, 12:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda111 min
Jun 4, 1:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris115 min
Jun 4, 1:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria2 hr
Jun 4, 2:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris, Waller62 min
Jun 4, 2:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda56 min
Jun 4, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX38 min
Jun 4, 3:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston3 hr
Jun 4, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX87 min
Jun 4, 3:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXColorado, Wharton58 min
Jun 4, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX41 min
Jun 4, 4:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXChambers, Galveston119 min
Jun 4, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGalveston53 min
Jun 4, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX96 min
Jun 4, 5:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Galveston93 min
Jun 4, 5:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers49 min
Jun 4, 6:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGalveston113 min
Jun 4, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Jun 4, 7:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXGalveston2 hr
Jun 4, 9:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGalveston3 hr
Jun 4, 11:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson46 hr
Jun 4, 1:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty3 hr
Jun 4, 1:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty3 hr
Jun 4, 2:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty113 min
Jun 4, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Liberty4 hr
Jun 4, 4:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty3 hr
Jun 4, 5:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazos, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Waller and 2 more119 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty3 hr

Nearby

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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.