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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 24, 2024Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Jan 24, 2024, 2:48 PM CST for Montgomery County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 25, 2024, 4:20 AM CST. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2024, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 25, 2024, 4:20 AM CST
Expired
Jan 27, 2024, 1:49 PM CST
In force
57 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Major

County Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 West Fork San Jacinto River near Conroe (CFKT2).

Action stage
114.8 ft
Minor stage
115.8 ft
Moderate stage
116.8 ft
Major stage
117.8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08068000, 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 Jan 24, 11:35 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 11:35 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 6:07 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Washington3 hr
Jan 23, 6:17 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXSan Jacinto100 min
Jan 23, 6:42 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker2 hr
Jan 23, 6:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity, Walker43 min
Jan 23, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Waller, Washington12 hr
Jan 23, 7:23 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker6 days
Jan 23, 7:49 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXSan Jacinto6 hr
Jan 23, 8:00 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity3 hr
Jan 23, 8:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Washington12 hr
Jan 23, 8:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker5 hr
Jan 23, 9:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXPolk, Trinity3 hr
Jan 24, 1:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto26 hr
Jan 24, 1:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker6 hr
Jan 24, 2:20 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXColorado4 hr
Jan 24, 3:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado35 min
Jan 24, 4:02 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda3 hr
Jan 24, 4:51 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXChambers, Galveston3 hr
Jan 24, 5:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda3 hr
Jan 24, 5:09 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXWaller8 hr
Jan 24, 5:28 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston3 hr
Jan 24, 5:34 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris3 hr
Jan 24, 6:04 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXColorado24 hr
Jan 24, 7:01 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazoria7 days
Jan 24, 7:42 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker5 hr
Jan 24, 7:45 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXAustin, Washington5 hr
Jan 24, 7:48 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Waller, Washington5 hr
Jan 24, 9:51 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXLavaca48 hr
Jan 24, 9:55 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXColorado, Wharton48 hr
Jan 24, 9:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXLiberty, Polk, San Jacinto3 days
Jan 24, 10:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery5 days
Jan 24, 10:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery47 hr
Jan 24, 10:13 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXMontgomery3 days
Jan 24, 10:15 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHardin, Liberty, Polk28 hr
Jan 24, 10:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery43 hr
Jan 24, 10:42 AM CSTRip Current StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda8 hr
Jan 24, 12:22 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX18 hr
Jan 24, 12:47 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Harris and 10 more23 hr
Jan 24, 1:04 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX26 min
Jan 24, 4:10 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris21 days

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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.