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Small Craft Advisory 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 4, 2014

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Jan 4, 2014, 3:32 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 5, 2014, 4:42 AM CST. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2014, 3:32 PM CST (21:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 5, 2014, 4:42 AM CST
Expired: Jan 6, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 4, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 4:52 AM CST, 10 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
452 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-051300-
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-
452 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...PREPARE NOW FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. COLDER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING.
MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. WITH INLAND
LOW TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20S...HARD
FREEZE WARNINGS MIGHT BE NEEDED. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO LAST UP TO 9 TO 12 HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE EVEN
COLDER MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH LOWS BOTTOMING
OUT IN THE UPPER TEENS UP NORTH...LOWER TO MID 20S FURTHER TO THE
SOUTH...AND JUST ABOVE 30 ALONG THE COAST. HARD FREEZE WARNINGS MIGHT
BE NEEDED AGAIN. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY LAST 12 TO 15 HOURS.

WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 4, 4:14 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda	36 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.