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WHUS54 KHGX 191615
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1115 AM CDT Tue Aug 19 2025

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20
  NM...
  Matagorda Bay...

* Until noon CDT.

* At 1115 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Turtle Bay,
  or 7 nm southwest of Palacios Bay, moving southwest at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  East Matagorda Bay, Matagorda Island 557, Matagorda Ship Channel,
  Turtle Bay, Matagorda Jetty, and Palacios Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 2872 9652 2871 9651 2871 9656 2860 9644
      2876 9615 2860 9621 2873 9588 2869 9572
      2821 9617 2848 9643 2846 9657 2848 9656
      2846 9658 2847 9658 2854 9651 2870 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 045DEG 25KT 2857 9628

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

Fowler