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Gale Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 9, 2008

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Dec 9, 2008, 3:07 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 9, 2008, 11:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 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: Dec 9, 2008, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2008, 11:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 10, 2008, 10:07 AM CST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 9, 2:52 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 2:52 PM CST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 7:12 AM CST, 7 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty	45 min
Dec 9, 3:23 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	19 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every gale warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.