Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
108 PM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  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...

* Until 230 PM CDT.

* At 107 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Rollover Pass to Galveston 344 to near
  Matagorda Ship Channel, moving south at 30 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Tabs Buoy F, Galveston A122, Heald Bank, Matagorda Ship Channel,
  Tabs Buoy B, Brazos 439, Matagorda Island 557, Galveston 282, High
  Island 157, High Island A131, Tabs Buoy W, Galveston Causeway, High
  Island 63, High Island A410, High Island A179, Christmas Bay,
  Brazos B133, East Galveston Bay, Brazos 400, and West Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 2841 9638 2893 9534 2957 9465 2957 9445
      2954 9446 2955 9440 2940 9433 2853 9401
      2818 9460 2799 9484 2766 9554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 343DEG 32KT 2957 9442 2870 9524 2838 9629

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

Fowler