Marine Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
549 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

GMZ335-355-221145-
549 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT TX OUT 20 NM...
  GALVESTON BAY...

AT 545 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 NM NORTH OF
HIGH ISLAND TO 5 NM SOUTHEAST OF BEACH CITY...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 18 NM WEST OF PORT ARTHUR TO 8 NM NORTHEAST OF
GALVESTON BAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGH ISLAND AROUND 645 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.

&&

LAT...LON 2971 9484 2972 9469 2957 9456 2954 9452
      2956 9446 2951 9450 2954 9438 2931 9430
      2930 9434 2927 9463 2940 9471 2951 9451
      2952 9451 2953 9458 2949 9459 2949 9458
      2943 9472 2952 9477 2970 9486 2971 9486

$$

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