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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 11, 2019Harris County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2019, 9:01 AM CDT for Harris County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at May 11, 2019, 11:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2019, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2019, 11:30 PM CDT
Expired: May 13, 2019, 9:25 AM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Fork San Jacinto River near New Caney (NCET2). The gauge peaked at 57.85 ft at May 13, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 54.5 ft
Minor stage: 58 ft
Moderate stage: 62 ft
Major stage: 69 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08070200, 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 May 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 17 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 17 hours 31 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
May 10, 10:12 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		7 hr
May 11, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Hardin, Liberty, Polk	36 hr
May 11, 11:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Galveston	118 min
May 11, 1:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda, Wharton	2 hr
May 11, 2:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	71 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.