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Small Craft Advisory 77, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 29, 2016

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Dec 29, 2016, 10:45 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2016, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2016, 2:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2016, 2:04 PM CST
In force: 4 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 Dec 29, 5:00 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 5:00 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 6:31 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
631 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016

TXZ214-235>238-301245-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-
631 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE WILL BE A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 4 PM.
NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A MORNING COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL STRENGTHEN
TO BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL 30 MPH GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOW SPOTTER AWARENESS.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-301245-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
631 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND A MORNING COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE HAS HOISTED
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLAGS ACROSS THE LOCAL BAYS AND NEARSHORE
WATERS. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOW SPOTTER AWARENESS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 3:49 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 2 more	12 hr
Dec 29, 4:12 AM CST	Gale Warning	HGX		20 hr
Dec 29, 4:12 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		48 min
Dec 29, 4:12 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		23 hr
Dec 29, 2:04 PM CST	Gale Warning	HGX		116 min
Dec 29, 2:04 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		22 hr

Nearby

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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.