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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX

504 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024



The National Weather Service in League City has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM...

  Galveston Bay...



* Until 630 AM CDT.



* At 503 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing

  waterspouts were located along a line extending from near Eagle

  Point to 8 nm northwest of Bastrop Bay, moving east at 10 knots.



  HAZARD...Waterspouts, wind gusts 34 knots or greater, and small 

           hail.



  SOURCE...Radar.



  IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally 

           hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly 

           higher winds and suddenly higher waves.



* Locations impacted include...

  East Galveston Bay, Galveston Ship Channel, West Bay, Tabs Buoy B,

  Galveston Bay Entrance, Galveston Bay, Offatts Bayou, North Jetty,

  Galveston 221, Galveston Pier 21, Galveston 150, San Luis Pass,

  Galveston Causeway, Rollover Pass, Bastrop Bay, Christmas Bay, The

  Texas City Dike, Eagle Point, and Drum Bay.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.



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LAT...LON 2952 9438 2952 9437 2948 9436 2890 9496

      2903 9525 2915 9517 2922 9522 2920 9510

      2933 9495 2933 9491 2943 9491 2946 9497

      2949 9494 2953 9502 2953 9470

TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 290DEG 12KT 2946 9502 2916 9532 



WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE

HAIL...<.75IN

WIND...>34KTS



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