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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 3, 201014 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 3, 2010, 3:42 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 3, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2010, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 3, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Nov 4, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2010-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2010-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 4:26 AM CDTGale WarningHGX33 hr
Nov 3, 4:26 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX57 hr
Nov 3, 4:03 PM CDTFire Weather WatchHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more14 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010

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.