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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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 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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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 19, 6:22 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Feb 20, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 1:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison | 62 min |
| Feb 20, 3:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Grimes, Waller, Washington | 115 min |
| Feb 20, 3:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 3:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 3:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 4:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Jackson | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 4:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Jackson, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto, Trinity | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 4:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Wharton | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 4:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 113 min | |
| Feb 20, 5:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Washington and 1 more | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 5:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Waller | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 5:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Waller | 42 min |
| Feb 20, 6:03 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 57 min | |
| Feb 20, 6:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 77 min |
| Feb 20, 6:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 32 min | |
| Feb 20, 7:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 7:23 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 97 min | |
| Feb 20, 7:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 64 min |
| Feb 20, 7:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 46 min |
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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.