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Gale Watch 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 19, 2012

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale watch at Dec 19, 2012, 4:11 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2012, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 19, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 watch went out at Dec 18, 11:39 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 11:39 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 6:17 AM CST, 21 hours 54 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 19, 4:23 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston and 7 more	11 hr
Dec 19, 3:00 PM CST	Gale Warning	HGX		24 hr
Dec 19, 3:00 PM CST	Low Water Advisory	HGX		30 hr
Dec 19, 3:00 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		39 hr
Dec 19, 3:51 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	27 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Texas, 2012 Every gale watch in 2012

Sources

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