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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 16, 2018Liberty County, Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity and 2 more3 hr
Oct 15, 10:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity3 hr
Oct 16, 1:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity3 hr
Oct 16, 5:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGrimes, Madison3 hr
Oct 16, 8:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity and 1 more112 min
Oct 16, 10:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery and 3 more4 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.