Alert archive / Texas / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at May 2, 2013, 3:57 AM CDT. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 7:00 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
- May 2, 2013, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2013, 10:25 AM 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 May 1, 11:57 PM CDT, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:57 PM CDT, 4 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:29 PM CDT, 11 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 429 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-022130- 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- 429 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING. WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THURSDAY AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A RED FLAG WARNING MAY ALSO BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS HUMIDITIES APPROACH THE 20 TO 25% RANGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-022130- 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- 429 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS ON THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND SPEEDS NEARING GALE FORCE THURSDAY NIGHT. A GALE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:55 PM CDT | Gale Watch | HGX | 6 hr | |
| May 1, 9:55 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | HGX | 12 hr | |
| May 1, 9:56 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 45 hr |
| May 2, 10:09 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | HGX | 9 hr | |
| May 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Low Water Advisory | HGX | 43 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.