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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 25, 2018Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 25, 2018, 1:39 PM CST for Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 25, 2018, 7:42 PM CST. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2018, 1:39 PM CST (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2018, 7:42 PM CST
Expired
Feb 27, 2018, 9:00 PM CST
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Peach Creek near Splendora (SPDT2).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08071000, 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, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 4:29 AM CST, 9 hours 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:39 PM CST, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 1:15 PM CST, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 11:51 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHardin, Liberty, Polk4 days
Feb 25, 12:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos36 min
Feb 25, 1:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington45 min
Feb 25, 1:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes50 min
Feb 25, 3:28 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller and 1 more3 hr
Feb 25, 4:35 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery4 days
Feb 25, 4:53 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXMontgomery, Waller24 hr
Feb 25, 4:53 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXWaller24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXWaller27 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris24 hr
Feb 25, 4:56 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Waller16 hr
Feb 25, 5:01 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker3 hr
Feb 25, 5:10 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXWaller12 hr

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