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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 21, 2017Madison County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2017, 8:50 PM CST for Madison County, Walker County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 21, 2017, 11:29 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2017, 8:50 PM CST (02:50 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2017, 11:29 PM CST
Expired
Feb 22, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Madison County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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 Bedias Creek near Madisonville (MDST2). The gauge peaked at 18.81 ft at Feb 22, 2017, 12:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08065800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 7:02 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Wharton56 hr
Feb 22, 2:30 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXMontgomery14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.