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River Flood Warning 149, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 27, 2017, 7:45 AM CDT for Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 27, 2017, 10:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2017, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2017, 10:52 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2017, 1:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Harris County, TX, Montgomery County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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 Spring Creek at Tomball (TMBT2). The gauge peaked at 165.65 ft at Aug 28, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 152 ft
- Minor stage
- 155 ft
- Moderate stage
- 157 ft
- Major stage
- 159 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068275, 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 Aug 26, 4:54 PM CDT, 14 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 4:54 PM CDT, 14 hours 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 113 min |
| Aug 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 7:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 21 days |
| Aug 26, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Grimes, Harris, Waller, Washington | 119 min |
| Aug 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 57 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Waller | 21 days |
| Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 9:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 71 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 57 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 26, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 24 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson | 6 days |
| Aug 26, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 70 min |
| Aug 26, 9:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 26, 10:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 10:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 7 days |
| Aug 26, 10:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 31 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 days |
| Aug 26, 10:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 26, 10:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 10:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Gale Warning | HGX | 8 hr | |
| Aug 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 23 hr | |
| Aug 26, 10:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 10:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 10:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 30 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 54 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 26, 10:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 16 days |
| Aug 26, 10:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 11:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Lavaca | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Matagorda and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 days |
| Aug 26, 11:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Burleson, Lee | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 11 min |
| Aug 26, 11:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 11:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 56 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 109 min |
| Aug 26, 11:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 26, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 17 min |
| Aug 26, 11:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 28 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 15 min |
| Aug 27, 12:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 4 days |
| Aug 27, 12:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Colorado | 3 days |
| Aug 27, 12:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Colorado | 27 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 12:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 15 days |
| Aug 27, 12:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 days |
| Aug 27, 12:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 67 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 5 days |
| Aug 27, 12:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 27, 12:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 6 days |
| Aug 27, 12:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 52 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Washington, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 6 days |
| Aug 27, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 71 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Matagorda, Wharton | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 1:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 71 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 71 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.