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Gale Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 18, 2013

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Apr 18, 2013, 3:53 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 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: Apr 18, 2013, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 15 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 Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 3:39 PM CDT, 14 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
Apr 18, 4:58 AM CDT	Gale Watch	HGX		11 hr
Apr 18, 4:58 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		29 hr
Apr 18, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		55 min
Apr 18, 2:56 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda	18 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every gale warning in 2013

Sources

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