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FPUS74 KHGX 161005
NOWHGX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
505 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008

GMZ330-335-TXZ210>214-226-227-235>238-161300-
MATAGORDA BAY-GALVESTON BAY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER-HARRIS-
CHAMBERS-WHARTON-FORT BEND-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA-GALVESTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...EAGLE LAKE...WEIMAR...
SEALY...BELLVILLE...HEMPSTEAD...PRAIRIE VIEW...BROOKSHIRE...
HOUSTON...PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL...HUMBLE...WINNIE...
MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC...EL CAMPO...WHARTON...PIERCE...
SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...EDNA...
BAY CITY...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN...
ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD...
GALVESTON
505 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008

.NOW...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO
THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS EARLY MORNING. THE GREATEST
CONCENTRATION OF RAIN THROUGH 8 AM WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. RAINFALL
TOTALS LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED.

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GMZ350-355-370-375-161300-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
505 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008

.NOW...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE GULF
WATERS THROUGH 8 AM. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG
PARTICULARLY BEYOND 20 NM OF SHORE WHERE BRIEF WIND GUSTS ABOVE
35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER CELLS.

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