One product issued by NWS for: Houston
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 707 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-251315- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 707 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...FORMING AND MOVING NORTHEAST OF AN EASTERN TEXAS COLD FRONT...MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE. COASTAL AND OFFSHORE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DISPLAYED WEAK ROTATION AND AMPLE VERTICAL GROWTH. ALBEIT MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL FALL UNDER SEVERE CRITERIA...A FEW ISOLATED CELLS MAY BECOME SEVERE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS THE FRONT CLOSES IN ON THE COAST. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND NEAR PENNY-SIZE HAIL. THE FRONT WILL BE OFF THE COAST AT NOON...WITH THE STRONGEST AFTERNOON STORMS BEING CONFINED TO THE GULF WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH FIVE...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS SIX AND SEVEN...SUNDAY AND MONDAY A STRONG LATE NOVEMBER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...WITH ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY...HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. A MORE POTENT BULK OF COLDER AND DRIER AIR DIVING DOWN INTO TEXAS WILL BE THE DRIVER FOR THE FORMATION OF WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS AND INCREASE THE THREAT FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SUNDAY EVENING...OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$