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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 20, 201023 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2010, 4:58 AM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2010, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
30 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 10:03 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 306 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 2010-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 2010-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 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
Mar 19, 7:59 PM CDTGale WarningHGX38 hr
Mar 20, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington89 min
Mar 20, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Jackson, Montgomery and 2 more61 min
Mar 20, 9:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Mar 20, 9:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson52 min
Mar 20, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMatagorda57 min
Mar 20, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Jackson, Matagorda63 min
Mar 20, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Mar 20, 11:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.