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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2020, 12:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2020, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2020, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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 Sep 22, 3:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 3:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 82 min |
| Sep 21, 7:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 16 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 11 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 46 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 10 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 119 min |
| Sep 21, 11:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 57 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Colorado, Jackson, Wharton | 111 min |
| Sep 22, 1:18 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Matagorda | 35 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Matagorda, Wharton | 41 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson, Wharton | 10 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 37 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 27 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 23 hr |
| Sep 22, 5:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 9 hr |
| Sep 22, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 20 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 7 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 7 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:16 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 32 hr | |
| Sep 22, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton | 6 days |
| Sep 22, 10:39 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 20 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 10 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Waller | 51 min |
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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.