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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 15, 20075 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2007, 3:02 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2007, 3:02 AM CST (09:02 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Nov 14, 11:52 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 11:52 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 9:29 AM CSTRed Flag WarningHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 12 more5 hr
Nov 15, 2:09 PM CSTRed Flag WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda3 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

Sources

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