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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 16, 2018, 10:02 AM CDT for Liberty County, Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 16, 2018, 9:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2018, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2018, 9:48 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2018, 9:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Goodrich (GRIT2). The gauge peaked at 40.79 ft at Oct 20, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 33 ft
- Minor stage
- 36 ft
- Moderate stage
- 38 ft
- Major stage
- 41 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066250, 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 Oct 16, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 5:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 8:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity and 1 more | 112 min |
| Oct 16, 10:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery and 3 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018Every 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.