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Gale Watch 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this gale watch at Feb 22, 2016, 4:43 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 23, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2016, 4:43 AM CST (10:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2016, 3:20 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 watch went out at Feb 22, 4:14 AM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 4:14 AM CST, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 4:33 AM CST, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 433 AM CST MON FEB 22 2016 TXZ163-164-177>179-199-200-213-227-231045- FORT BEND-HARRIS-HOUSTON-LIBERTY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER- 433 AM CST MON FEB 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBILITIES IN ANY STRONG CELLS THAT MAY DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE LIKELY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEYOND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY TUESDAY. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ214-236>238-231045- BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-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- 433 AM CST MON FEB 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEA FOG WILL REMAIN A THREAT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY CLOSER TO THE COAST AND INLAND. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS OR TORNADOES...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBILITIES IN ANY STRONG CELLS THAT MAY DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE LIKELY INLAND AND GALE WARNINGS OFFSHORE. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE WATER TO BE TRANSPORTED OUT OF THE BAYS POSSIBLY REQUIRING LOW WATER ADVISORIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ176-195>198-210>212-226-235-231045- AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-GRIMES-JACKSON-MADISON-WALLER- WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 433 AM CST MON FEB 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBILITIES IN ANY STRONG CELLS THAT MAY DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE LIKELY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEYOND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 12:34 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 9 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:36 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr | |
| Feb 22, 4:43 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 37 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:20 PM CST | Gale Warning | HGX | 42 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 42 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.