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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 10, 20189 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 10, 2018, 3:50 AM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 10, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2018, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 10, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 11, 2018, 1:06 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 10, 12:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 12:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 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
Sep 10, 8:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	2 hr
Sep 10, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		43 min
Sep 10, 10:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	2 hr
Sep 10, 11:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Harris	119 min
Sep 10, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		32 min
Sep 10, 1:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	54 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.