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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 11, 2016Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 5:21 AM CST for Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2016, 5:21 AM CST (11:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2016, 10:10 PM CST
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Lake Creek above The Woodlands (FCWT2). The gauge peaked at 140.89 ft at Mar 11, 2016, 10:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 129 ft
Minor stage: 138 ft
Moderate stage: 142 ft
Major stage: 154 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08067920, 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 Mar 11, 4:59 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 4:59 AM CST, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 3:40 PM CST, 13 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 10, 11:51 PM CST, 5 hours 30 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
Mar 10, 11:35 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		40 min
Mar 10, 11:47 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		43 min
Mar 10, 11:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers, Galveston	39 min
Mar 11, 5:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	7 hr
Mar 11, 5:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	4 days
Mar 11, 10:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	5 days
Mar 11, 10:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	4 days
Mar 11, 10:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	25 hr
Mar 11, 11:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	66 hr
Mar 11, 2:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton	4 days

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.