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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 1, 2018Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 1, 2018, 8:51 AM CDT for Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 1, 2018, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired: Nov 2, 2018, 8:40 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tres Palacios River near Midfield (MTPT2). The gauge peaked at 25.34 ft at Nov 1, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08162600, 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 Nov 1, 5:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 5:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 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
Oct 31, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Wharton	65 min
Oct 31, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Harris	17 min
Oct 31, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Jackson, Liberty, Matagorda	66 min
Oct 31, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		93 min
Oct 31, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	31 min
Oct 31, 10:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Liberty	3 hr
Oct 31, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		89 min
Oct 31, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	29 min
Oct 31, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	31 min
Oct 31, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		67 min
Nov 1, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		94 min
Nov 1, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	3 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.