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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 5, 200815 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Jun 5, 2008, 5:33 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 5, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2008, 5:33 AM CDT (10:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 5, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 5, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 266 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 2008-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1294 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 2008-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.