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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 26, 2018Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 26, 2018, 9:22 AM CST for Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 26, 2018, 10:02 PM CST. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2018, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2018, 10:02 PM CST
Expired: Mar 7, 2018, 10:06 AM CST
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Chambers County, TX, Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River at Liberty (LBYT2). The gauge peaked at 27.11 ft at Feb 28, 2018, 11:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08067000, 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 26, 4:15 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 4:15 AM CST, 5 hours 7 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
Feb 25, 7:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	21 hr
Feb 25, 7:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	30 hr
Feb 25, 11:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 10 more	10 hr
Feb 26, 2:08 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		7 hr
Feb 26, 5:30 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	6 hr
Feb 26, 9:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	43 hr
Feb 26, 11:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	3 hr
Feb 26, 2:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	20 days

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.