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Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 4, 2010Jackson County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Feb 4, 2010, 5:46 AM CST for Jackson County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2010, 5:46 AM CST (11:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2010, 10:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 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 coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Feb 4, 5:25 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 5:25 AM CST, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 12:10 PM CST, 17 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1210 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>212-226-227-041200-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HOUSTON-LIBERTY-
MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
1210 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE TEXAS COAST AND PRODUCE PERIODS
OF RAIN BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE AND ONE
HALF INCHES. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND HIGHER ISOLATED TOTALS
WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO THE GULF COAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ330-350-355-370-375-041200-
MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
1210 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED
HIGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS WHILE BAY WATERS
WILL BE VERY ROUGH. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS
FORECAST PRODUCT SATCWFHGX FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PLEASE SEE THE LATEST UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST PRODUCT
SATCWFHGX.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TXZ213-214-235>238-041200-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-HARRIS-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-
1210 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NEAR AND ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THAT
WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF BETWEEN 4
AND 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...THERE IS A
SLIGHT THREAT FOR THE FORMATION OF WATERSPOUTS AND COASTAL COUNTY
WEAK TORNADOES. STRONG PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT AND RESULT IN ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS. HIGH SWELLS
WILL IMPACT THE COAST. TYPICAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST
MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT
SATCFWHGX FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ335-041200-
GALVESTON BAY-
1210 PM CST WED FEB 3 2010

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG AND PERSISTENT EASTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN ROUGH BAY
WATERS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
PRODUCT SATCWFHGX.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PLEASE SEE THE LATEST UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST PRODUCT
SATCWFHGX.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 4, 5:00 AM CST, 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 1:49 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHGXJackson, Matagorda, Wharton3 hr
Feb 4, 5:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty2 hr
Feb 4, 5:07 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX113 min
Feb 4, 5:46 AM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston4 hr
Feb 4, 10:12 AM CSTCoastal Flood StatementHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston6 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2010Every coastal flood statement in 2010

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.