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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
412 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
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412 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TX OUT 20
NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT TX OUT 20 NM...
GALVESTON BAY...
MATAGORDA BAY...
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
AT 359 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM IOWA COLONY TO NEAR BRAZOS B133, MOVING EAST AT 50
KNOTS. STATION OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING STRONG NE INFLOW WINDS ALONG
THE COAST AHEAD OF THIS LINE, WITH REPORTS OF SUSTAINED WINDS TO
NEARLY 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 42 KNOTS NEAR FREEPORT.
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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BRAZOS B133, BRAZOS 469, BRAZOS A26, WEST BAY, GALVESTON 344,
SURFSIDE JETTY, CHRISTMAS BAY, DRUM BAY, AND BASTROP BAY AROUND
405 PM CDT.
SAN LUIS PASS AROUND 410 PM CDT.
BRAZOS A4 AROUND 415 PM CDT.
GALVESTON 282 AND GALVESTON 317 AROUND 420 PM CDT.
EAGLE POINT, TABS BUOY B, THE TEXAS CITY DIKE, GALVESTON 424,
GALVESTON CAUSEWAY, SOUTHERN GALVESTON BAY, AND OFFATTS BAYOU
AROUND 425 PM CDT.
GALVESTON 221, GALVESTON PIER 21, GALVESTON A21, GALVESTON SHIP
CHANNEL, SOUTHWESTERN EAST GALVESTON BAY, AND GALVESTON BAY
ENTRANCE AROUND 430 PM CDT.
NORTH JETTY AND GALVESTON A171 AROUND 435 PM CDT.
GALVESTON A122, GALVESTON 256, GALVESTON A8, AND GALVESTON 150
AROUND 440 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS, LARGE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 2847 9423 2831 9437 2799 9485 2800 9593
2812 9607 2820 9615 2845 9595 2873 9586
2878 9565 2893 9533 2915 9517 2922 9522
2920 9510 2932 9491 2943 9491 2947 9497
2949 9495 2952 9437 2897 9417 2871 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 267DEG 50KT 2939 9540 2915 9541 2891 9545 2871
9539 2847 9549 2823 9569 2807 9593
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...50KTS
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