Galveston NWS: large scale disturbance.....

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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1142 AM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006

TXZ178-179-197>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-151845-
SAN JACINTO-POLK-WASHINGTON-GRIMES-MONTGOMERY-LIBERTY-COLORADO-
AUSTIN-WALLER-HARRIS-CHAMBERS-WHARTON-FORT BEND-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-
BRAZORIA-GALVESTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEPHERD...COLDSPRING...LIVINGSTON...
CORRIGAN...ONALASKA...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
1142 AM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006

.NOW...
MORE ORGANIZED RAIN SHIELD LOCATED MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 45
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL HOURLY RATES OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH. ISOLATED TOTALS WILL APPROACH 1/2 OF AN INCH PER HOUR IN
HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. ALL AFTERNOON ACTIVITY WILL MOVE IN FROM THE
COASTAL REGIONS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING POSSIBLE FLOOD
PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

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GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-151845-
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-
1142 AM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006

.NOW...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
GULF AND BAY WATERS FOR REMAINDER OF DAY. MAIN THREATS WILL BE
HIGH WINDS AND SEAS...ON TOP OF AN ALREADY POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
MARITIME SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SITUATION...IN AND AROUND
THUNDERSTORMS. BULK OF PRECIPITATION WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM
THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD AS A LARGE SCALE WESTERN GULF
DISTURBANCE CHURNS OFF THE MEXICAN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS COAST LINES.