SMWHGX 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. Galveston Bay. Matagorda Bay. * Until 430 PM CDT. * At 253 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Surfside Jetty to 9 nm northwest of Galveston 344 to near Brazos 439 to Matagorda Jetty to near Port Lavaca, moving south at 10 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE. Radar. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include. Brazos 400, Tabs Buoy W, Matagorda Ship Channel, Brazos 439, Brazos 490, East Matagorda Bay, Galveston 344, Matagorda Island 557, Matagorda Jetty, and Palacios Bay.

* WHAT. North winds near 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected. * WHERE. Portions of Gulf of Mexico. * WHEN. From 4 AM to 4 PM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.