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Gale Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 24, 2014

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Jan 24, 2014, 3:55 AM CST. It was in force for 3 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
Jan 24, 2014, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2014, 7:00 AM CST
In force
3 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 Jan 24, 3:51 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 3:51 AM CST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 5:42 PM CST, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
542 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-241300-
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-
542 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AND REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING INTO TOMORROW MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME AREAS COULD RECEIVE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDS TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. SOME
ICING LOOKS LIKELY...AND HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY BRIDGES WILL BE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON!

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY WARM INTO THE LOWER TO
MID 30S. AT OR BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING...A MIX
OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME
AREAS COULD RECEIVE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDS TO TWO
TENTHS OF AN INCH. SOME ICING LOOKS LIKELY...AND HIGHWAYS AND
HIGHWAY BRIDGES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON!

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-241300-
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-
542 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT. A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BLANKET
THE AREA WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND GALE FORCE. SEA HEIGHTS WILL
RESPOND ACCORDINGLY...BUILDING TO AS HIGH AS 12 OR 14 FEET OVER THE
FAR OFFSHORE WATERS. WATER LEVELS ALONG EASTERN FACING SHORES WILL
ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE WITHIN ROUGH BAY CONDITIONS. ALL MARITIME
INTERESTS NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING...A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL BLANKET THE AREA WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND GALE FORCE.
SEA HEIGHTS WILL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY...BUILDING TO AS HIGH AS 12 OR
14 FEET OVER THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS. WATER LEVELS ALONG EASTERN
FACING SHORES WILL ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE WITHIN ROUGH BAY
CONDITIONS. ALL MARITIME INTERESTS NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 24, 1:35 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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