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Small Craft Advisory 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 22, 2015

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Jan 22, 2015, 4:01 AM CST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2015, 4:01 AM CST (10:01 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2015, 4:00 AM CST
In force
48 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 22, 3:53 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 3:53 AM CST, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 3:44 PM CST, 12 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
344 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-221300-
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-
344 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG WILL FORM THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF DENSER FOG
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND
WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH SOME ISOLATED
AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
LOW-LYING OR POORLY DRAINING AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-221300-
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-
344 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF MARINE DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT THE BAYS AND NEARSHORE
WATERS THIS EVENING. THE VISIBILITY WILL FALL TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN WINDS AND SEAS TO
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BEGINNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING
INTO FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH GALE FORCE
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ABOVE NORMAL
TIDE LEVELS WILL ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 4:06 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda24 hr
Jan 22, 12:15 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda2 hr
Jan 22, 12:54 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX36 min
Jan 22, 1:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris2 hr
Jan 22, 1:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Jan 22, 1:48 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Liberty117 min
Jan 22, 2:53 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX22 min
Jan 22, 3:25 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX80 min
Jan 22, 3:54 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 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.