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Gale Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 7, 2015

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Jan 7, 2015, 3:18 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 57 days. 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 7, 2015, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2015, 2:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 5, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
In force
57 days
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 6, 11:00 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 11:00 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 3:22 PM CST, 11 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
322 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-071300-
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-
322 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON
WEDNESDAY. INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MAY
WARRANT WIND ADVISORIES ALONG THE COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS AND A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MOST INLAND
COUNTIES.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
SOMERVILLE TO NEW WAVERLY TO LIVINGSTON. TEMPERATURES IN THESE
LOCATIONS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S FOR SEVERAL
HOURS.

ELSEWHERE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...
FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 32 WILL OCCUR ALL
THE WAY TO THE COAST. MOST OF METRO HOUSTON WILL EXPERIENCE AT
LEAST 5 TO 8 HOURS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT RAIN MAY BE MIX WITH LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO LIVINGSTON WHEN PRECIPITATION
BEGINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN
AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-071300-
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-
322 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE BAYS.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 3:18 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX24 hr
Jan 7, 3:58 AM CSTHard Freeze WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Liberty, Madison and 6 more28 hr
Jan 7, 3:58 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more57 days

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Texas, 2015Every gale warning in 2015

Sources

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