Marine Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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658 FZUS74 KHGX 281900 MWSHGX Marine Weather Statement National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 200 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024 GMZ335-355-370-282015- /O.CON.KHGX.MA.W.0102.000000T0000Z-240528T2015Z/ 200 PM CDT Tue May 28 2024 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT... For the following areas... Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM... Galveston Bay... Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM... At 200 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 14 nm west of Port Arthur to North Jetty to near Bastrop Bay, moving southeast at 60 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots and large hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high winds and hail. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... Tabs Buoy B, Galveston Bay Entrance, Galveston Bay, Burnet Bay, Offatts Bayou, Galveston 221, Galveston Pier 21, Trinity Bay, Galveston 282, High Island 157, Galveston Causeway, Mitchell Bay, High Island 63, High Island A179, Bastrop Bay, Christmas Bay, Crystal Bay, East Galveston Bay, Galveston Ship Channel, and West Bay. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && LAT...LON 2968 9492 2978 9481 2978 9469 2955 9473 2956 9438 2923 9427 2880 9490 2863 9510 2899 9529 2915 9517 2922 9522 2920 9510 2933 9491 2954 9503 2967 9500 2979 9512 2981 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 320DEG 59KT 2977 9421 2933 9471 2915 9521 HAIL...>.75IN WIND...50KTS $$ Cady