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FPUS74 KHGX 130117
NOWHGX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
817 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-130300-
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
817 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

.NOW...
THROUGH 10 PM...RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE IKE CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH WITH
GUSTS APPROACHING HURRICANE FORCE CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD
AS THE EYE OF IKE CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE COAST. HEAVIEST RAINS...APPROACHING
1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM HANKAMER TO LEAGUE CITY TO FREEPORT. EXPECT RAIN
COVERAGE AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY THIS EVENING.

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