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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 28, 20095 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 28, 2009, 1:10 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2009, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 4:44 AM CDT
In force
4 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 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.2 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 2009-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 27, 6:44 PM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 6:44 PM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 4:33 AM CDT, 20 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
433 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-281200-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-
TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON-
433 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT AND WILL DRAG A DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT INTO THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE FEATURES WILL TRIGGER
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A
BRENHAM TO FREEPORT LINE THIS AFTERNOON.

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE
COASTAL COUNTIES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS WHERE GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 4:11 AM CDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasHGX6 hr
Mar 28, 4:34 AM CDTFire Weather WatchHGXJackson, Matagorda11 hr
Mar 28, 4:34 AM CDTRed Flag WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton12 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009

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.