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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 9:26 PM CST for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 14, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2016, 9:26 PM CST (03:26 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2016, 11:11 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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 Brazos River near Rosharon (ROST2). The gauge peaked at 47.46 ft at Mar 18, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 47 ft
Major stage: 51.3 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08116650, 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, 6:31 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:31 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 3:48 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
348 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-122200-
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-
348 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING ALONG THE TRINITY... SAN
JACINTO... NAVASOTA... AND SAN BERNARD RIVERS... AS WELL AS
SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION. ROADS MAY BE
IMPASSIBLE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE TRINITY... SAN
JACINTO... NAVASOTA... AND SAN BERNARD RIVERS... AS WELL AS
SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION. ROADS MAY BE
IMPASSIBLE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-122200-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
348 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Lee	38 hr
Mar 12, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson	23 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.