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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 26, 2024Brazos County, Grimes County, Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2024, 9:19 AM CDT for Brazos County, Grimes County, Madison County, Texas. It took effect at May 26, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2024, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 30, 2024, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Brazos County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Madison County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Navasota River near Normangee (NGET2). The gauge peaked at 15.88 ft at May 28, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08110800, 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 25, 6:49 PM CDT, 14 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:49 PM CDT, 14 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 12:48 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX9 hr
May 26, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison52 min
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMadison29 min
May 26, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWalker25 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.