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Small Craft Advisory 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 5, 2017

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this small craft advisory at Jan 5, 2017, 11:12 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 5, 2017, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2017, 11:12 AM CST (17:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 7, 2017, 9:36 AM CST
In force
37 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 5, 10:25 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 10:25 AM CST, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 5:39 AM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
539 AM CST THU JAN 5 2017

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-061145-
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-
539 AM CST THU JAN 5 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS THURSDAY, BRINGING
MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES COULD FALL TO FREEZING AND BELOW FREEZING
LEVELS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST ONCE AGAIN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING TO FREEZING
AND BELOW FREEZING LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES FRIDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-061145-
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-
539 AM CST THU JAN 5 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF
A STRONG COLD FRONT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE LIKELY BE
NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL PERSIST
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES SHOULD BE
IN EFFECT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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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.