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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2019, 12:49 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 86 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2019, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2019, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 23, 11:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 11:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT National Weather Service HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 722 AM CDT Fri Aug 23 2019 TXZ214-236>238-313-335>338-436>438-232200- Chambers-Inland Matagorda-Inland Brazoria-Inland Galveston- Coastal Harris-Coastal Jackson-Coastal Matagorda-Coastal Brazoria- Coastal Galveston-Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands- Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- Including the cities of Winnie, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac, Stowell, Old River-Winfree, Bay City, Pearland, Alvin, Angleton, League City, Friendswood, Pasadena, Baytown, Palacios, Lake Jackson, Freeport, Clute, Texas City, Dickinson, La Marque, Surfside Beach, and Galveston 722 AM CDT Fri Aug 23 2019 ...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE TODAY... Tropical moisture is expected to increase today from the Gulf of Mexico. This will allow for showers and a few thunderstorms to form. Conditions are favorable for these showers and storms to quickly rotate and produce funnel clouds or waterspouts. These funnel clouds and waterspouts should be brief and only last for a few moments. Should a funnel cloud reach the ground to become a tornado or a waterspout be spotted, a short warning may be issued. Please report any waterspouts and tornadoes to the National Weather Service.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 1:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 2:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Montgomery | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Wharton | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 2:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 66 min |
| Aug 23, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Wharton | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 3:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 61 min |
| Aug 23, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 43 min |
| Aug 23, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Lavaca | 26 min |
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.