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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 14, 2023Harris County, Waller County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2023, 2:31 PM CDT for Harris County, Waller County, Texas. It took effect at May 15, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2023, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Harris County, TX, Waller County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cypress Creek near Hockley (KHOT2). The gauge peaked at 157.10 ft at May 16, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 154.3 ft
Minor stage: 157.3 ft
Moderate stage: 159.3 ft
Major stage: 160.6 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068720, 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 14, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 11:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 11:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 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 13, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		55 min
May 13, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	52 min
May 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	31 min
May 13, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	2 hr
May 13, 10:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Madison, Walker	2 hr
May 14, 1:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	17 hr
May 14, 3:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	5 hr
May 14, 3:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda	5 hr
May 14, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		60 min
May 14, 6:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	3 hr
May 14, 7:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	12 hr
May 14, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	58 min
May 14, 8:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery	3 hr
May 14, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado, Jackson, Wharton	42 hr
May 14, 10:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris	111 min
May 14, 11:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	3 days
May 14, 11:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Matagorda, Wharton	46 hr
May 14, 11:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and 2 more	56 min
May 14, 12:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty	86 min
May 14, 1:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers	57 min
May 14, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton	8 days
May 14, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	3 days
May 14, 2:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty	54 min
May 14, 2:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Madison, Walker	67 hr
May 14, 6:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	119 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.