Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 FPUS74 KHGX 130244 NOWHGX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 944 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-130500- 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 944 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 .NOW... THROUGH MIDNIGHT...RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INLAND. THE EYE WALL CONTAINING THE STRONGEST WINDS AND THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL MOVE ONSHORE TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. WINDS IN THE EYE WALL WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 100 MPH. THESE VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. A VERY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL BE OVERSPREADING GALVESTON ISLAND AND THE GALVESTON BAY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND STORM SURGE...ISOLATED TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE ALONG THE COAST AND THOSE IN AND AROUND THE GALVESTON BAY AREA. SHELTER IN PLACE. $$