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River Flood Warning 149, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 27, 2017Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas

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.

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend44 min
Aug 26, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller39 min
Aug 26, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller113 min
Aug 26, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris50 min
Aug 26, 7:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris21 days
Aug 26, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery, Waller32 min
Aug 26, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller3 hr
Aug 26, 8:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Grimes, Harris, Waller, Washington119 min
Aug 26, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris29 min
Aug 26, 8:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris57 hr
Aug 26, 8:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXMontgomery, Waller21 days
Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris62 min
Aug 26, 9:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris71 hr
Aug 26, 9:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris57 hr
Aug 26, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery3 hr
Aug 26, 9:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris55 hr
Aug 26, 9:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris6 days
Aug 26, 9:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris55 hr
Aug 26, 9:27 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris3 hr
Aug 26, 9:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris55 hr
Aug 26, 9:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris55 hr
Aug 26, 9:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris24 hr
Aug 26, 9:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXJackson6 days
Aug 26, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria70 min
Aug 26, 9:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris6 days
Aug 26, 10:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXMontgomery5 days
Aug 26, 10:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Waller7 days
Aug 26, 10:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris31 hr
Aug 26, 10:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris3 days
Aug 26, 10:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris6 days
Aug 26, 10:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris5 days
Aug 26, 10:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris6 days
Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris3 hr
Aug 26, 10:38 PM CDTGale WarningHGX8 hr
Aug 26, 10:38 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX23 hr
Aug 26, 10:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris5 days
Aug 26, 10:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris5 days
Aug 26, 10:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris30 hr
Aug 26, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris3 hr
Aug 26, 10:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris54 hr
Aug 26, 10:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Harris6 days
Aug 26, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Aug 26, 10:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris16 days
Aug 26, 10:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris5 days
Aug 26, 11:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXLavaca5 days
Aug 26, 11:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Matagorda and 3 more5 hr
Aug 26, 11:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris3 days
Aug 26, 11:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBurleson, Lee5 days
Aug 26, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris11 min
Aug 26, 11:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBurleson, Washington5 days
Aug 26, 11:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris56 hr
Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris5 days
Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris5 days
Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Harris5 days
Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris22 min
Aug 26, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris109 min
Aug 26, 11:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXGalveston, Harris6 days
Aug 26, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris17 min
Aug 26, 11:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris28 hr
Aug 27, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXGalveston, Harris15 min
Aug 27, 12:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris4 days
Aug 27, 12:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXColorado3 days
Aug 27, 12:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXColorado27 hr
Aug 27, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris6 hr
Aug 27, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXGalveston18 min
Aug 27, 12:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris15 days
Aug 27, 12:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris3 days
Aug 27, 12:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris67 hr
Aug 27, 12:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris55 hr
Aug 27, 12:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Harris5 days
Aug 27, 12:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris6 days
Aug 27, 12:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery6 days
Aug 27, 12:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris52 hr
Aug 27, 12:51 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyHGXAustin, Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Washington, Wharton3 hr
Aug 27, 12:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris6 days
Aug 27, 12:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller3 hr
Aug 27, 1:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris71 hr
Aug 27, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXMatagorda, Wharton24 min
Aug 27, 1:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris71 hr
Aug 27, 1:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris71 hr

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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.