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Small Craft Advisory 9, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Jan 27, 2012, 8:55 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 28, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2012, 8:55 PM CST (02:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896 WHUS74 KHGX 280255 MWWHGX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 855 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH THE COAST AROUND 6 AM. GMZ350-355-370-375-281100- /O.NEW.KHGX.SC.Y.0009.120128T1200Z-120129T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- 855 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS. * SEAS...4 TO 6 FEET NEAR SHORE...5 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
391 WHUS74 KHGX 280906 MWWHGX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 306 AM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH THE COAST AROUND 6 AM. GMZ350-355-370-375-281715- /O.CON.KHGX.SC.Y.0009.120128T1200Z-120129T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- 306 AM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS. * SEAS...4 TO 5 FEET NEAR SHORE...5 TO 6 FEET OFFSHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
979 WHUS74 KHGX 281518 MWWHGX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 918 AM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH. GMZ350-355-281630- /O.CAN.KHGX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120129T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- 918 AM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AS SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN 21 KNOTS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET. $$ GMZ370-375-282330- /O.CON.KHGX.SC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120129T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- 918 AM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS. * SEAS...4 TO 5 FEET NEAR SHORE...5 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS... AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
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 27, 5:28 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 5:28 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 528 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION. && .AVIATION... MAIN ISSUE IS TIMING THE REINFORCING COLD FRONT LATER TONIGHT. SHOULD REACH CLL AROUND 7Z AND THEN MOVE TO THE COAST AROUND 11Z. IT WILL BE BREEZY ON SATURDAY WITH SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 KTS AND GUSTS AROUND 25 KNOTS. THERE IS A CHC OF SOME BRIEF RADIATIONAL FOG AT LBX BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. 33 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 41 59 34 62 41 / 10 10 0 0 0 HOUSTON (IAH) 46 62 36 63 41 / 10 10 0 0 0 GALVESTON (GLS) 53 62 45 61 52 / 10 10 0 0 0 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...33 AVIATION/MARINE...33
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 6:26 AM CST, 14 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 626 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-281230- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- 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-WHARTON- 626 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-WEEK. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE WEDNESDAY OR EARLY THURSDAY...DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF FEBRUARY...WILL INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AREA WIDE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 27, 3:16 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
316 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM TSTM WND DMG CALDWELL 30.53N 96.70W
01/25/2012 BURLESON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG FM 975 IN CALDWELL.
0643 AM TORNADO 7 SSW CALDWELL 30.43N 96.76W
01/25/2012 F1 BURLESON TX NWS STORM SURVEY
SWATH OF DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF DEANVILLE
TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF CALDWELL. DAMAGE APPEARED TORNADIC
ALONG SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT AREA WITH NUMEROUS TREES
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONE HOUSE WAS PUSHED OFF A CINDER
BLOCK BASE THEN DRAGGED ALONG A CURVED PATH FOR ABOUT 100
FEET. A FEED TRAILER WAS LIFTED OVER A FENCE THEN ROLLED
ABOUT 150 FEET. SEVERAL SHEDS AND BARNS DESTROYED. MOST
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE RATED EF1.
0645 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 S CALDWELL 30.46N 96.70W
01/25/2012 BURLESON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE AT FM 975 AT SECOND CREEK. 1
HOME AND 4 BARNS DAMAGED IN DEANVILLE AT CR 116 AND FM
111. TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE AT FM 111 AND CR 121. BUILDING
DAMAGE SOUTH OF FM 60 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36.
0700 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 N SOMERVILLE 30.43N 96.53W
01/25/2012 BURLESON TX PUBLIC
TIN CONSTUCTED TIRE SHOP ON HWY 36 DESTROYED.
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG BRYAN 30.67N 96.37W
01/25/2012 BRAZOS TX TRAINED SPOTTER
DAMAGE TO GARAGE DOOR AND AND ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSE AT
INTERSECTION OF HWY 30 AND FM 158.
0715 AM TSTM WND GST BRENHAM 30.16N 96.40W
01/25/2012 M70.00 MPH WASHINGTON TX AWOS
70 MPH GUST AT BRENHAM AWOS.
0717 AM TORNADO BRENHAM 30.16N 96.40W
01/25/2012 F0 WASHINGTON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 50 JUST TO
THE NORTH OF BRENHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE TORNADO
TRAVELED TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM262 AND CR65. IT
DESTROYED SEVERAL SMALL METAL OUTBUILDINGS, REMOVED ROOF
FROM A BARN, MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND SNAPPED
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES. PATH 2.5 MILES LONG AND 50 YD WIDE
0720 AM TSTM WND DMG BRENHAM 30.16N 96.40W
01/25/2012 WASHINGTON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND VEHICLE DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN
BRENHAM.
0720 AM TSTM WND DMG BRENHAM 30.16N 96.40W
01/25/2012 WASHINGTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY WIDE DAMAGE INCLUDING ROOF DAMAGE AND DOWNED POWER
LINES.
0724 AM TSTM WND DMG COLLEGE STATION 30.60N 96.31W
01/25/2012 BRAZOS TX PUBLIC
BUILDING WALL VENEER FELL DOWN AT TEXAS AVENUE AND
UNIVERSITY.
0800 AM TSTM WND DMG BEDIAS 30.78N 95.95W
01/25/2012 GRIMES TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
HAY BARN DESTROYED, SILO KNOCKED OVER AND TREES DOWN ON
FM 6096, 2.5 MILES WEST OF BEDIAS.
0800 AM TORNADO 7 SSW MADISONVILLE 30.87N 95.96W
01/25/2012 F0 MADISON TX NWS STORM SURVEY
TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG A NARROW PATH. BARN
DESTROYED WITH TIN FROM ROOF FANNED OUT IN DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS AND THROWN IN SOME CASES ABOUT 200 YARDS.
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME. TORNADO RATED EF0. PATH LENGTH
ONE THIRD OF A MILE...WIDTH 50 YARDS. STRAIGHT LINE WIND
DAMAGE ALSO FOUND IN THE AREA.
0800 AM TSTM WND DMG CALDWELL 30.53N 96.70W
01/25/2012 BURLESON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN DAMAGE. ROOF AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO HOUSE ON CR 116
IN CALDWELL.
0808 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W MADISONVILLE 30.95N 95.99W
01/25/2012 MADISON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
BARN DAMAGE, TIN SHED KNOCKED FLAT, TWISTED METAL AND
WOOD ON ROAD, TANKS THROWN AROUND...INTERSECTION AREA OF
FM 1452 AND FM 2289.
0812 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E MADISONVILLE 30.95N 95.86W
01/25/2012 MADISON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
18 WHEELER TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE 45 AT THE 145
MILE MARKER.
0830 AM TSTM WND DMG CROCKETT 31.32N 95.46W
01/25/2012 HOUSTON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS HOUSTON COUNTY.
0842 AM TSTM WND DMG MONTGOMERY 30.39N 95.70W
01/25/2012 MONTGOMERY TX BROADCAST MEDIA
DOWNED TREES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
0905 AM TSTM WND DMG HUNTSVILLE 30.71N 95.55W
01/25/2012 WALKER TX EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN AND AROUND HUNTSVILLE
FROM 900 TO 915 TIME FRAME. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. LIGHT POLE BLOWN DOWN ON NEW TRUCK.
ROOF DAMAGE TO BANK IN MIDDLE OF HUNTSVILLE. STUDENT AT
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY WAS INJURED BY A FALLING
LIMB.
0906 AM TORNADO N HUNTSVILLE 30.71N 95.55W
01/25/2012 F0 WALKER TX NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT ON I-45
THEN CROSSED FREEWAY INTO DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEN
LIFTED BACK INTO CLOUDS NEAR MOTEL. DAMAGE TO A PORTABLE
BUILDING IN THE HOME DEPOT LOT THEN ACROSS I-45 INTO
DODGE DEALERSHIP DAMAGING A FEW AUTOMOBILES AND TEARING A
METAL AWNING OFF AND CARRYING IT UP AND OVER POWER LINES
DROPPING IT ONTO A COUPLE OF VEHICLES, SEVERELY DAMAGING
THE VEHICLES. EF0 DAMAGE .36 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS
WIDE.
0910 AM TORNADO HUNTSVILLE 30.71N 95.55W
01/25/2012 F0 WALKER TX NWS STORM SURVEY
A EF0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN A RESIDENTIAL
SECTION OF HUNTSVILLE ON ROUNDABOUT RD. CAUSING
SIGINIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. ONE OF THE TREES DID FALL ON
NEARBY HOUSE CAUSING SOME ROOF DAMAGE. TREES IN THE AREA
WERE BLOWN DOWN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS GIVING INDICATION
OF A STRONG CIRCULATION IN THE AREA.EF0 DAMAGE WITH PATH
LENGTH 50 YARDS AND WIDTH 25 YARDS WIDE.
1130 AM FLASH FLOOD 9 N ROSENBERG 29.68N 95.79W
01/25/2012 FORT BEND TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURES ON DORMAN COURT AND INTERSECTION OF FALCON
LANDING AND SPRING GREEN.
1135 AM TSTM WND DMG ROSENBERG 29.55N 95.79W
01/25/2012 FORT BEND TX EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN AND POLE DOWN WITH LOW HANGING LINES ON
FM 360.
1204 PM TSTM WND DMG PEARLAND 29.56N 95.28W
01/25/2012 BRAZORIA TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. POWER LINES DOWN, POLES LEANING,
SNAPPED TREE LIMBS. AROUND 20 HOMES WITH SIDING AND ROOF
DAMAGE. 5 BUSINESSES WITH DAMAGE. DAMAGE BEGINS AROUND
HATFIELD RD AND EXTENDS ENE 2 MILES WITH DAMAGE SWATH UP
TO 1/4 MILE WIDE.
1205 PM TORNADO PEARLAND 29.56N 95.28W
01/25/2012 F0 BRAZORIA TX EMERGENCY MNGR
EF0 TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 35 AND PLUM STREET. CHEVRON GAS
STATION HAD THE GAS PUMP AWNING DESTROYED AND A BUSINESS
SOUTH OF PLUM STREET HAD ITS ROOF PEELED BACK. DAMAGE
PATH APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS WIDE AND 200 YARDS LONG.
1218 PM FLASH FLOOD HOUSTON 29.77N 95.39W
01/25/2012 HARRIS TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER AT WESTPARK AND POST OAK
EASTBOUND, BELTWAY 8 NORTH AND CENTRAL TOLL PLAZA,
INTERSTATE 45 NORTH FEEDER ROAD AT RICHEY ROAD, HIGHWAY
59 AT WESTPARK ROAD, HARDY TOLL ROAD SOUTH AT ALDINE
BENDER.
&&
GHAFELENearby
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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.