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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 5, 2019Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2019, 9:34 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2019, 3:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2019, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2019, 3:08 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 7, 2019, 8:39 PM CDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Brazos River near Rosharon (ROST2). The gauge peaked at 43.77 ft at Jun 6, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 47 ft
Major stage: 51.3 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08116650, 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 Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 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
Jun 5, 8:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Matagorda	119 min
Jun 6, 3:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Burleson	46 min
Jun 6, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Grimes, Washington	38 min
Jun 6, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Colorado	33 min
Jun 6, 5:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton	43 min
Jun 6, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Wharton	45 min
Jun 6, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado	37 min
Jun 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton	45 min
Jun 6, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	46 min
Jun 6, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado, Jackson, Wharton	38 min
Jun 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	47 min
Jun 6, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	44 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.