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Gale Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 24, 2009

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Dec 24, 2009, 9:55 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 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 24, 2009, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 25, 2009, 3:15 AM CST
In force: 15 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 24, 9:53 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 9:53 AM CST, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:21 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 24, 4:52 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 24, 6:29 AM CST, 3 hours 26 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 23, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	44 min
Dec 23, 9:32 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	30 hr
Dec 23, 9:45 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Grimes, Waller, Washington	2 hr
Dec 23, 11:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity and 2 more	115 min
Dec 23, 11:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Trinity	21 min
Dec 24, 3:40 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		2 hr

Nearby

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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.