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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 20, 2017Jackson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2017, 2:10 PM CST for Jackson County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 21, 2017, 10:20 AM CST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2017, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2017, 10:20 AM CST
Expired
Feb 22, 2017, 3:41 PM CST
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Jackson County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Lavaca River near Edna (EDNT2).

Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08164000, 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 Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 8:05 AM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 20, 10:29 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 6:22 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryHGX5 hr
Feb 20, 12:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson41 min
Feb 20, 1:28 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington3 hr
Feb 20, 1:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison62 min
Feb 20, 3:20 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Grimes, Waller, Washington115 min
Feb 20, 3:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison, Trinity, Walker36 min
Feb 20, 3:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity48 min
Feb 20, 3:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity30 min
Feb 20, 4:09 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGrimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker3 hr
Feb 20, 4:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin, Colorado, Jackson32 min
Feb 20, 4:24 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Colorado, Jackson, Wharton3 hr
Feb 20, 4:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto, Trinity41 min
Feb 20, 4:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Wharton28 min
Feb 20, 4:52 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX113 min
Feb 20, 5:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Washington and 1 more36 min
Feb 20, 5:31 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 4 more3 hr
Feb 20, 5:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Waller32 min
Feb 20, 5:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Waller42 min
Feb 20, 6:03 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX57 min
Feb 20, 6:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker77 min
Feb 20, 6:43 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX32 min
Feb 20, 7:20 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Washington3 hr
Feb 20, 7:23 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX97 min
Feb 20, 7:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston64 min
Feb 20, 7:42 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Colorado, Wharton3 hr
Feb 20, 10:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers46 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.