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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 25, 2018Hardin County, Liberty County, Polk County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 25, 2018, 11:51 AM CST for Hardin County, Liberty County, Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2018, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2018, 6:55 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hardin County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Menard Creek near Rye (RYET2). The gauge peaked at 26.42 ft at Feb 27, 2018, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066300, 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 25, 9:59 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 9:59 AM CST, 1 hour 52 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, 12:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos	36 min
Feb 25, 1:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Washington	45 min
Feb 25, 1:39 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	55 hr
Feb 25, 1:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Grimes	50 min
Feb 25, 3:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller and 1 more	3 hr
Feb 25, 4:35 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	4 days
Feb 25, 4:53 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Waller	24 hr
Feb 25, 4:53 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	27 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Waller	16 hr
Feb 25, 5:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker	3 hr
Feb 25, 5:10 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	12 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.