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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 10, 200623 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 10, 2006, 9:45 AM CST for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 10, 2006, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2006, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2006, 3:00 PM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
All 23 counties

Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Feb 10, 3:17 AM CST, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:17 AM CST, 6 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:13 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
413 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2006

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-111015-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
413 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH...A WARM FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH AND A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL CONVERGE ON SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING
THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST EARLY
THIS MORNING. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AS
THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING DURING THE LATE MORNING. IF THE DEVELOPING
WARM FRONT CAN MOVE ONSHORE...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INCREASE. WIND SHEAR IS VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS OR
ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
CORRIGAN TO KATY TO EDNA LINE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM. THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM WILL
PRECLUDE HEAVY RAIN WITH TOTALS GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH. A FEW
SPOTS...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A MADISONVILLE TO LIBERTY LINE MAY
RECEIVE RAINFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES.

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH STRONGER WINDS ALONG THE COAST. A WIND ADVISORY WILL
LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS ALONG THE COAST WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.

MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEKEND. A FREEZE IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES DROP
INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND INTO THE LOWER AND MID 30S ELSEWHERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
ACTIVATION LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 3:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Feb 10, 4:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX90 min
Feb 10, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston32 min
Feb 10, 5:42 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX93 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.