Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2014, 2:21 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2014, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery 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 19:23 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
920 WWUS74 KHGX 161921 NPWHGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 221 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER NORTH TEXAS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY REMAIN STRONG ALONG THE COAST LATER INTO THE NIGHT. TXZ176-177-195>199-210>214-226-227-235>238-170200- /O.NEW.KHGX.WI.Y.0013.140316T1921Z-140317T0200Z/ AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-JACKSON-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY- WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY... BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...BRYAN...CALDWELL... COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE...EAGLE LAKE...EDNA... EL CAMPO...FREEPORT...FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...HEMPSTEAD... HOUSTON...HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON... LAKE SOMERVILLE...LEAGUE CITY...MADISONVILLE...MISSOURI CITY... MONT BELVIEU...NAVASOTA...PALACIOS...PASADENA...PEARLAND... PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...SEALY... SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY...THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...WEIMAR... WHARTON...WILLIS...WINNIE 221 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EVENT...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 9PM CDT TONIGHT. * IMPACT...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
079 WWUS74 KHGX 170213 NPWHGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 913 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 TXZ214-236>238-171000- /O.EXP.KHGX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140317T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KHGX.WI.Y.0014.140317T0213Z-140317T1000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY... FREEPORT...FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...LAKE JACKSON...LEAGUE CITY... MONT BELVIEU...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...TEXAS CITY...WINNIE 913 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY. * EVENT...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE BAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACT...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. && $$ TXZ176-177-195>199-210>213-226-227-235-170315- /O.EXP.KHGX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140317T0200Z/ AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HARRIS-JACKSON- MADISON-MONTGOMERY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE... BRYAN...CALDWELL...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE... EAGLE LAKE...EDNA...EL CAMPO...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON...HUMBLE... HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE SOMERVILLE...MADISONVILLE... MISSOURI CITY...NAVASOTA...PASADENA...PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW... RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...SEALY...SUGAR LAND...THE WOODLANDS... TOMBALL...WEIMAR...WHARTON...WILLIS 913 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:20 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 16 hr | |
| Mar 16, 3:21 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 31 hr | |
| Mar 16, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Harris, Montgomery, Waller, Washington | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 38 min |
Nearby
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.