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Small Craft Advisory 75, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 8, 2011

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Jan 8, 2011, 3:36 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 9, 2011, 12:36 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2011, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2011, 12:36 PM CST
Expired
Jan 10, 2011, 12:00 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 small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 8, 3:26 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 3:26 PM CST, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 2:28 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
228 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

TXZ178-195>200-210>212-226-227-091400-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-LIBERTY-
MONTGOMERY-SAN JACINTO-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
228 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING
MOISTURE TO RESULT IN RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
AREA BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH WITH SOME ISOLATED
TOTALS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF STREETS...FEEDER ROADS...SECONDARY ROADS...AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

TXZ163-164-176-177-179-091400-
HOUSTON-MADISON-POLK-TRINITY-WALKER-
228 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING
MOISTURE TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH WITH SOME ISOLATED
TOTALS NEAR 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE THERMAL
PROFILES LOOK TO BE WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PRECIPITATION AS RAIN
BUT THE ATMOSPHERE MAY COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME SLEET OR SNOW
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE MARGIN OF ERROR BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW
IS VERY SMALL AND IF TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN
CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAIN COULD CHANGE TO SNOW AND POTENTIALLY
ACCUMULATE SEVERAL INCHES. THIS SCENARIO SEEMS UNLIKELY AT THIS
TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT SO THERE
COULD BE SOME ICING OF BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ213-214-235>238-091400-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-HARRIS-JACKSON-
MATAGORDA-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-
228 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NOON CST...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 2 PM
SUNDAY CST...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING
MOISTURE TO RESULT IN RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
AREA BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA DURING THIS PERIOD.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. IN
ADDITION...ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...FEEDER
ROADS...SECONDARY ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND OFFSHORE WATERS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST AND A
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON FOR
AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 59. THE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS
WILL ALSO BRING ELEVATED TIDES TO THE COAST. MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. WINDS
WILL BECOME OFFSHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND TIDE LEVELS WILL FALL
QUICKLY BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS BY SUNDAY EVENING.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAYS AND GALE WARNINGS
ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE BAYS AND EAST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
GULF OF MEXICO. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 10 FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 10:12 AM CSTGale WarningHGX28 hr
Jan 8, 10:12 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX28 hr
Jan 8, 12:41 PM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston26 hr
Jan 8, 2:46 PM CSTWind AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 3 more21 hr

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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.