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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 18, 2017Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jan 18, 2017, 2:13 PM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2017, 2:13 PM CST (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2017, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jan 18, 11:50 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 11:50 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 4:57 AM CST, 9 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
457 AM CST WED JAN 18 2017

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-191315-
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-
457 AM CST WED JAN 18 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS..

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A
COLD FRONT, STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA ON SUNDAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-191315-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
457 AM CST WED JAN 18 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS..

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF DENSE SEA FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN
LATER THIS EVENING MAINLY OVER GALVESTON BAY AND THE NEARSHORE
GULF OF MEXICO WATERS WITHIN 20 NM. AT TIMES THE VISIBILITY WILL
BE UNDER 1 NM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AREAS OF DENSE SEA FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT AND
MORNING TIME PERIODS THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
ARE THEN POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 18, 12:41 PM CST, 1 hour 32 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
Jan 17, 11:43 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		4 hr
Jan 18, 1:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Wharton	25 min
Jan 18, 3:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton	118 min
Jan 18, 3:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Harris	24 min
Jan 18, 4:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery	59 min
Jan 18, 4:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	51 min
Jan 18, 4:58 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		4 hr
Jan 18, 5:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Harris	27 min
Jan 18, 5:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Jan 18, 5:21 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Wharton	5 hr
Jan 18, 5:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	43 min
Jan 18, 6:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton	5 days
Jan 18, 7:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	8 hr
Jan 18, 7:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Jan 18, 7:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	11 hr
Jan 18, 8:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	54 hr
Jan 18, 8:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	7 hr
Jan 18, 8:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Jan 18, 8:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	7 hr
Jan 18, 8:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Jan 18, 8:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Jan 18, 8:49 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	7 hr
Jan 18, 8:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	15 hr
Jan 18, 8:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton	8 days
Jan 18, 8:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria	4 days
Jan 18, 9:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Harris, Lee	6 days
Jan 18, 10:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Wharton	6 hr
Jan 18, 12:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty	49 min

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.