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Small Craft Advisory 39, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 2, 2014

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Apr 2, 2014, 3:44 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 2, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2014, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 2:14 PM CDT
In force: 30 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 Apr 1, 9:32 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 9:32 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 3:42 PM CDT, 12 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
342 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ213-214-235>238-022045-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-HARRIS-JACKSON-
MATAGORDA-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-
342 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEA FOG DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW
1 NM AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PERIODS OF SEA FOG...SOME DENSE...WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE NEXT
FRONT PUSHES OFF THE COAST PRIOR TO SUNRISE FRIDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED ON WEDNESDAY FOR INLAND
AREAS WHERE GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST
OF INTERSTATE 45 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WINDS...SEAS AND TIDE LEVELS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THURSDAY.
INCREASED WAVE HEIGHTS AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES CAN
BE EXPECTED. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE
LIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>212-226-227-022045-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HOUSTON-LIBERTY-
MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
342 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 45 WHERE WIND
GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH LOOK POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISONVILLE TO
GROVETON.

.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
Apr 2, 5:13 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	HGX	Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	14 hr
Apr 2, 8:33 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		3 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Texas, 2014 Every small craft advisory in 2014

Sources

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