{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.205dcd8f92038fb1188d6942c6bc389158a18f9f.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Marine Warning issued July 22 at 5:25PM CDT until July 22 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-22","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.205dcd8f92038fb1188d6942c6bc389158a18f9f.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Houston/Galveston TX"},"word_count":227,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Marine Warning: Special Marine Warning issued July 22 at 5:25PM CDT until July 22 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Galveston Bay; Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM; Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM\n**Issued by:** NWS Houston/Galveston TX\n**Sent:** 2026-07-22T17:25:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-22T17:25:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-22T19:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nSMWHGX\n\nThe National Weather Service in League City has issued a\n\n* Special Marine Warning for...\nCoastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM...\nGalveston Bay...\nWaters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM...\n\n* Until 700 PM CDT.\n\n* At 525 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from 18 nm northeast of Trinity Bay to near Rollover Pass\nto near High Island 116, moving southwest at 10 knots.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and\nsuddenly higher waves.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nEast Galveston Bay, Galveston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay Entrance,\nGalveston Bay, Tabbs Bay, Buoy 42035, North Jetty, Galveston Pier\n21, Trinity Bay, Smith Point, High Island 157, Galveston 150,\nRollover Pass, Black Duck Bay, High Island A179, High Island 63,\nThe Texas City Dike, High Island 208, Eagle Point, and Upper San\nJacinto Bay.\n\n## Instructions\nMove to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes."}