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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1206 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2026
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 100 PM CDT.
* AT 1205 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BURNET
BAY TO GALVESTON BAY, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS. ISOLATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE LINE AS WELL.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAST GALVESTON BAY, GALVESTON SHIP CHANNEL, GALVESTON BAY ENTRANCE,
GALVESTON BAY, TABBS BAY, OFFATTS BAYOU, NORTH JETTY, GALVESTON
PIER 21, TRINITY BAY, SMITH POINT, GALVESTON CAUSEWAY, MITCHELL
BAY, BLACK DUCK BAY, THE TEXAS CITY DIKE, EAGLE POINT, SCOTT BAY,
AND NORTHEASTERN WEST BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2976 9504 2975 9497 2968 9492 2978 9481
2980 9471 2977 9467 2966 9467 2955 9473
2958 9459 2944 9454 2917 9491 2921 9492
2924 9488 2923 9492 2933 9495 2932 9491
2943 9491 2952 9499 2967 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 265DEG 17KT 2981 9499 2935 9488
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
SELF
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