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River Flood Warning 100, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 8, 2018Waller County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2018, 10:04 PM CST for Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 2018, 10:04 PM CST (04:04 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2018, 10:04 PM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Waller County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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 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 Dec 8, 2:52 PM CST, 7 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 2:52 PM CST, 7 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 3:37 PM CST, 6 hours 27 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
Dec 8, 9:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	46 hr
Dec 9, 3:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	3 days
Dec 9, 4:06 AM CST	Low Water Advisory	HGX		15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every river flood warning 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.