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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 12, 20128 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this heat advisory at Aug 12, 2012, 4:23 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2012, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 12, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 11, 6:02 PM CDT, 10 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:02 PM CDT, 10 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 5:13 AM CDT, 23 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
Aug 12, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGalveston44 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Texas, 2012Every heat advisory in 2012

Sources

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