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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 31, 20204 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 31, 2020, 7:42 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 31, 2020, 5:12 PM CST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 31, 2020, 7:42 AM CST (13:42 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 31, 2020, 5:12 PM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2021, 7:47 PM CST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Austin County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point San Bernard River at East Bernard (EBBT2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Dec 31, 4:14 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 4:14 AM CST, 3 hours 28 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
Dec 30, 7:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton	3 hr
Dec 30, 7:56 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	3 hr
Dec 30, 9:28 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton	3 hr
Dec 30, 9:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Walker	3 hr
Dec 30, 9:36 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	3 hr
Dec 30, 11:36 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Waller	2 hr
Dec 31, 12:30 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Jackson	90 min
Dec 31, 1:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Waller, Washington	2 hr
Dec 31, 7:03 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	3 hr
Dec 31, 8:58 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		32 min
Dec 31, 9:02 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		43 min
Dec 31, 9:04 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		56 min
Dec 31, 9:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	42 min
Dec 31, 9:24 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		51 min
Dec 31, 9:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	56 min
Dec 31, 9:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	61 min
Dec 31, 9:45 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda	17 hr
Dec 31, 9:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria	53 min
Dec 31, 9:58 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		32 min
Dec 31, 10:03 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		87 min
Dec 31, 10:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria	29 min
Dec 31, 10:23 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		52 min
Dec 31, 10:25 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		95 min
Dec 31, 10:42 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	48 min
Dec 31, 11:03 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	3 hr
Dec 31, 11:21 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	114 min
Dec 31, 11:25 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		95 min
Dec 31, 11:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Harris	3 hr
Dec 31, 11:51 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	114 min
Dec 31, 11:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers, Galveston, Liberty	62 min
Dec 31, 12:57 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		63 min
Dec 31, 1:09 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	23 hr
Dec 31, 1:26 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Galveston, Liberty	2 hr
Dec 31, 2:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	6 hr
Dec 31, 2:13 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	10 hr
Dec 31, 2:29 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	6 hr
Dec 31, 2:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton	8 days
Dec 31, 2:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Matagorda, Wharton	43 hr
Dec 31, 3:11 PM CST	Rip Current Statement	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda	9 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.