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Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 17, 2018Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 17, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

County Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Oct 16, 4:02 PM CDT, 23 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 4:02 PM CDT, 23 hours 45 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
Oct 17, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	24 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2018 Every coastal flood statement in 2018

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.