Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 FPUS74 KHGX 122320 NOWHGX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 620 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-130100- MATAGORDA BAY-GALVESTON BAY- 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-HOUSTON-TRINITY- MADISON-WALKER-SAN JACINTO-POLK-BURLESON-BRAZOS-WASHINGTON-GRIMES- MONTGOMERY-LIBERTY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER-HARRIS-CHAMBERS-WHARTON- FORT BEND-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA-GALVESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROCKETT...TRINITY...GROVETON... MADISONVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...SHEPHERD...COLDSPRING...LIVINGSTON... CORRIGAN...ONALASKA...CALDWELL...LAKE SOMERVILLE... COLLEGE STATION...BRYAN...BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...THE WOODLANDS... CONROE...WILLIS...LIBERTY...CLEVELAND...DAYTON...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 620 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 .NOW... THROUGH 8 PM...RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IKE HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALING BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH AND STRONG WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. HEAVIEST RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LIBERTY TO HOUSTON TO PALACIOS. RAIN COVERAGE AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AS THE EYE OF IKE APPROACHES THE GALVESTON ISLAND AREA. $$