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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 28, 2026Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2026, 8:29 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2026, 8:29 AM CDT (13:29 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2026, 10:02 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 San Bernard River near Boling (BOLT2). The gauge peaked at 18.77 ft at May 28, 2026, 2:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08117500, 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 27, 1:20 PM CDT, 19 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:20 PM CDT, 19 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXMatagorda, Wharton17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026

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.