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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
437 PM CDT Thu Oct 16 2025

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM...
  Galveston Bay...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 436 PM CDT, a shower producing waterspouts was located near
  Offatts Bayou, or 7 nm south of Galveston Pier 21, moving northwest
  at 5 knots.

  HAZARD...Waterspouts.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...Waterspouts can create locally hazardous seas.

* Locations impacted include...
  Galveston Causeway, Offatts Bayou, Galveston Ship Channel, and
  northeastern West Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous
seas. Seek safe harbor immediately.

&&

LAT...LON 2930 9481 2929 9482 2929 9481 2918 9474
      2914 9480 2922 9492 2924 9488 2923 9493
      2925 9497 2934 9484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 132DEG 7KT 2919 9481

WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...<34KTS

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