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River Flood Warning 85, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 19, 2019Chambers County, Harris County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 19, 2019, 8:27 AM CDT for Chambers County, Harris County, Liberty County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 19, 2019, 11:04 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 19, 2019, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 19, 2019, 11:04 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 22, 2019, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chambers County, TX, Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar Bayou near Crosby (HCDT2). The gauge peaked at 57.07 ft at Sep 19, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 50.4 ft
Minor stage: 53.4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08067500, 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 Sep 19, 7:30 AM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 7:30 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 19, 3:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
356 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LIBERTY                 30.07N 94.78W
09/19/2019                   LIBERTY            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE ROAD ACROSS LIBERTY COUNTY ARE
            IMPASSABLE. THESE INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED
            TO FM 1010, FM 1008 AT COUNTY ROAD 2313, FM
            1008 AT COUNTY ROAD 2285, AND COUNTY ROAD
            379.

&&

JPF

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 6:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
604 AM CDT Thu Sep 19 2019

TXZ199-191145-
Montgomery TX-
604 AM CDT Thu Sep 19 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 645 AM CDT...

At 604 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cut And Shoot, or near Conroe, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Conroe, The Woodlands, Kingwood, Oak Ridge North, Panorama Village,
Shenandoah, Splendora, Patton Village, Roman Forest, Woodbranch, Cut
And Shoot, Woodloch, The Woodlands Pavillion, Chateau Woods, Lake
Conroe Dam, Porter Heights, New Caney and Porter.

LAT...LON 3021 9557 3040 9559 3030 9516 3017 9511
      3004 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1104Z 321DEG 14KT 3031 9538

Local storm report, Sep 19, 7:27 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 7:34 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 8:10 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 8:26 AM CDT, 1 minute 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
Sep 18, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Galveston, Harris	60 min
Sep 18, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	2 hr
Sep 18, 7:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston	3 hr
Sep 18, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	2 hr
Sep 18, 8:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris	61 min
Sep 18, 9:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	59 min
Sep 18, 10:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	64 min
Sep 18, 11:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	8 hr
Sep 19, 12:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	59 min
Sep 19, 1:24 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		9 hr
Sep 19, 1:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	2 hr
Sep 19, 2:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	115 min
Sep 19, 2:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	63 hr
Sep 19, 4:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	3 hr
Sep 19, 4:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Liberty	2 hr
Sep 19, 5:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	118 min
Sep 19, 5:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty	4 days
Sep 19, 6:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery	41 min
Sep 19, 6:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Chambers	21 min
Sep 19, 7:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Chambers, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	7 hr
Sep 19, 7:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	4 hr
Sep 19, 7:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	38 min
Sep 19, 8:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	21 hr
Sep 19, 8:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	33 hr
Sep 19, 8:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	3 hr
Sep 19, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		87 min
Sep 19, 8:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	5 hr
Sep 19, 9:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	3 hr
Sep 19, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers, Harris	65 min
Sep 19, 10:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Harris	118 min
Sep 19, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	44 hr
Sep 19, 10:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Galveston	115 min
Sep 19, 10:20 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		9 hr
Sep 19, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	18 hr
Sep 19, 10:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	3 hr
Sep 19, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	18 hr
Sep 19, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	36 hr
Sep 19, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		119 min
Sep 19, 10:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Galveston	31 min
Sep 19, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	18 hr
Sep 19, 11:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston	3 hr
Sep 19, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	27 hr
Sep 19, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 11:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	112 min
Sep 19, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	17 hr
Sep 19, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	17 hr
Sep 19, 12:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	18 hr
Sep 19, 12:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller and 1 more	3 hr
Sep 19, 12:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	4 days
Sep 19, 12:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Harris	3 hr
Sep 19, 12:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	16 hr
Sep 19, 12:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	19 hr
Sep 19, 12:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 12:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 12:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	16 hr
Sep 19, 12:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 12:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	16 hr
Sep 19, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		2 hr
Sep 19, 12:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 12:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 1:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty	3 hr
Sep 19, 1:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 1:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 1:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 1:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 1:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 2:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	3 hr
Sep 19, 2:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston	119 min
Sep 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Harris	111 min
Sep 19, 2:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	18 hr
Sep 19, 2:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 hr
Sep 19, 3:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton	119 min
Sep 19, 3:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	31 hr
Sep 19, 3:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
Sep 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston	117 min
Sep 19, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston, Harris	13 hr
Sep 19, 4:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton	40 hr
Sep 19, 4:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty and 2 more	18 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.