Alert archive / Texas / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Mar 24, 2013, 3:52 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 24, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 24, 2013, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 Mar 23, 6:51 PM CDT, 9 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:51 PM CDT, 9 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 4:51 AM CDT, 23 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 451 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-241000- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- 451 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FROM NORTH OF A COLLEGE STATION TO LIVINGSTON LINE. THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A CAP OF WARM AIR ALOFT THAT WILL LIMIT DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD A STORM BREAK THE CAP IT WILL POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT. RIGHT NOW FORECAST DATA POINTS TO THE CAP HOLDING AND LIMITING THE SEVERE THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS BEHIND IT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO BUILD INTO THE AREA AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SUPPORT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON SUNDAY. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER SINCE THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY DRY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE PRESENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY POSSIBLY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-241000- GALVESTON BAY-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- 451 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFF THE COAST SUNDAY WITH VERY STRONG WINDS IN ITS WAKE. WINDS NEAR GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE AND WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED GALE FORCE SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES AND VERY ROUGH SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED IF THE GALE WATCH IS NOT UPGRADED TO A GALE WARNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 10:25 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:28 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 6 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.