Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 FPUS74 KHGX 130655 NOWHGX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 155 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-130900- 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 155 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 .NOW... HURRICANE IKE IS MAKING LANDFALL ON GALVESTON ISLAND AND THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. THROUGH 4 AM...RAIN BANDS FROM IKE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 90 MPH IN AND AROUND THE EYE OF IKE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND THROUGH THE PERIOD. A VERY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL CONTINUE 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 REMAINING OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE ALONG THE COAST...THOSE IN AND AROUND THE GALVESTON BAY AREA AND THOSE IN AND NEAR THE EYE WALL. CONTINUE TO SHELTER IN PLACE! $$