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Small Craft Advisory 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 16, 2016

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 9:59 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 16, 2016, 9:59 AM CST (15:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2016, 2:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 16, 2016, 2:05 PM CST
In force: 5 min
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 16, 3:32 AM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:32 AM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 3:50 AM CST, 6 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
350 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-171000-
BRAZOS-BURLESON-GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-
SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WASHINGTON-
350 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ200-210>214-226-227-235>238-171000-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-
GALVESTON BAY-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-
WALLER-
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-WHARTON-
350 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THE
CELLS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT INLAND. CLOSER TO THE COAST AND INTO THE GULF ELEVATED
WINDS...HAIL...AND WATERSPOUTS WILL ALL BE POSSIBILITIES. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.
OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS MORNING OR THIS
AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 12:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Jackson	52 min
Jan 16, 12:29 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		61 min
Jan 16, 12:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	46 min
Jan 16, 2:05 PM CST	Gale Warning	HGX		7 hr
Jan 16, 2:05 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		19 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Texas, 2016 Every small craft advisory in 2016

Sources

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