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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2026, 8:54 AM CDT for Liberty County, Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2026, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2026, 12:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 3, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 22 min |
| Sep 2, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 96 min |
| Sep 2, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 13 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 13 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Trinity | 5 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 5 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 8 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Polk, Trinity | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton | 91 min |
| Sep 3, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 97 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.