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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 8, 2018Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2018, 9:36 PM CST for Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 9, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2018, 9:36 PM CST (03:36 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 10, 2018, 7:18 PM CST
In force
37 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 03:36 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 Lake Creek above The Woodlands (FCWT2).

Action stage
129 ft
Minor stage
138 ft
Moderate stage
142 ft
Major stage
154 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08067920, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 10:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXWaller24 hr
Dec 9, 3:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris3 days
Dec 9, 4:06 AM CSTLow Water AdvisoryHGX15 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.