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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 11, 2016Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 2:49 PM CST for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 12, 2016, 10:11 PM CST. It was in force for 69 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2016, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2016, 10:11 PM CST
Expired: Mar 15, 2016, 8:40 PM CDT
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

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 20:51 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).

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 Mar 11, 11:25 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 11:25 AM CST, 3 hours 24 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, 5:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	41 hr
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

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.