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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 7, 20155 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 7, 2015, 9:41 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 2015, 9:41 AM CST (15:41 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 8, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
In force
18 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 15:44 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 12:00Z, 3.7 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1383 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

768 
WWUS74 KHGX 071541
NPWHGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
941 AM CST SAT NOV 7 2015

...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR COASTAL AREAS...

.STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY NEAR THE COAST
AND BAY SHORELINES BEHIND A COLD FRONT.

TXZ214-235>238-081200-
/O.NEW.KHGX.WI.Y.0013.151107T1800Z-151108T1200Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY...
EDNA...FREEPORT...FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...LAKE JACKSON...
LEAGUE CITY...MONT BELVIEU...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...TEXAS CITY...
WINNIE
941 AM CST SAT NOV 7 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* EVENT...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

* TIMING...NOON SATURDAY THOUGH 6 AM SUNDAY.

* IMPACT...LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS AS
  WELL AS CANOPIES WILL BE BLOWN AROUND.

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. OUTDOOR
CANOPIES SHOULD BE SECURED. LOOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS. 

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 8:50 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryHGX6 hr
Nov 6, 9:20 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 3 more6 hr
Nov 7, 9:42 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX26 hr
Nov 7, 10:56 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria109 min
Nov 7, 3:42 PM CSTGale WarningHGX14 hr
Nov 7, 3:42 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX20 hr

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.