Alert archive / Texas / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale warning at Dec 27, 2015, 3:47 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 27, 2015, 3:47 AM CST (09:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 24 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 Dec 27, 3:24 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 3:24 AM CST, 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 3:33 PM CST, 12 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 333 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-272145- BRAZOS-BURLESON-GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK- SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WASHINGTON- 333 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH RISKS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO REMAIN POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. GMZ330-350-355-370-375-272145- 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- 333 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AS STRONG ONSHORE WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS PREVAIL. TIDE LEVELS WILL INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO THE STRONGER WINDS AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SO USE CAUTION IF HEADING TO THE BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE MARINE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL BE REPLACE WITH STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AS GUSTS COULD EXCEED 34 KNOTS. THE FRONT WILL ALSO TRIGGER A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVE WEATHER AND AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OR EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GMZ335-TXZ200-210>214-226-227-235>238-272145- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GALVESTON BAY-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-WALLER-WHARTON- 333 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ON SUNDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2:50 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos | 50 min |
| Dec 27, 6:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery, Walker | 39 min |
| Dec 27, 7:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 26 min |
| Dec 27, 8:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 51 min |
| Dec 27, 9:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 28 min |
| Dec 27, 10:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Washington | 38 min |
| Dec 27, 10:40 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Washington | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington | 12 min |
| Dec 27, 11:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 116 min |
| Dec 27, 11:39 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Burleson, Washington | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Washington | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:30 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 65 min |
| Dec 27, 2:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Waller and 1 more | 113 min |
| Dec 27, 2:27 PM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison | 6 days |
| Dec 27, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity, Walker | 30 min |
| Dec 27, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 25 min |
| Dec 27, 3:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 5:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto | 47 min |
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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.