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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 21, 2024Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2024, 3:07 AM CDT for Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 21, 2024, 5:41 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2024, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2024, 5:41 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2024, 9:25 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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 Long King Creek at Livingston (LIVT2).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08066200, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes3 hr
Apr 20, 7:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington5 hr
Apr 20, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes34 min
Apr 20, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes30 min
Apr 20, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWalker23 min
Apr 21, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson26 min
Apr 21, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWharton29 min
Apr 21, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMatagorda29 min
Apr 21, 3:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker58 hr

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.