Alert archive / Texas / Gale Warnings in 2014
Gale Warning 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Apr 13, 2014, 3:34 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 14, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 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 13, 2014, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 13, 1:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 1:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:34 AM CDT, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 434 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-140945- 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- 434 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OR 15 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAINLY NORTH OF A CALDWELL TO WILLIS TO LIVINGSTON LINE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS AND STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 COORIDOR. THESE STORMS COULD PUSH INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM 4PM TO 9PM. THIS FORECAST LARGELY HINGES ON A LAYER OF WARM AIR OR CAP ABOUT 6000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND COOLING SO THAT THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR THIS CAP TO INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO SE TEXAS MONDAY MORNING. LIFT FROM THE DISTURBANCE AND FRONT IS FORECAST TO ERODE THE CAP OF WARM AIR ALOFT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A LINE OF STORMS COULD FORM ALONG THE FRONT. THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH REACHING THE COAST DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT AND TEMPERATURES MAY FALL DURING THE DAY. A WIND ADVISORY MAY ALSO BE NEEDED LATE MONDAY AS THERE SHOULD BE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-140945- 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- 434 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFF THE COAST LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE REQUIRED. A GALE WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS THERE MAY BE FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE. THIS WILL CREATE VERY ROUGH SEAS IN OFFSHORE AREAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TIDE LEVELS WILL ALSO DECREASE IN THE BAYS WITH THE NORTHERLY WINDS. LOW WATER ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED AS WELL. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:40 AM CDT | Gale Watch | HGX | 6 hr | |
| Apr 13, 3:34 PM CDT | Low Water Advisory | HGX | 39 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.