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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 9, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at May 9, 2016, 2:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2016, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2016-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

529 
WHUS44 KHGX 091954
CFWHGX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
254 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED TIDES AND SURF...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EARLIER IN THE DAY HAVE CREATED 
ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS...SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. ALTHOUGH WIND
SPEEDS ARE GRADUALLY BEGINNING TO DIMINISH...LINGERING HAZARDOUS WATER 
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES FOR THE REMAINDER OF 
THE DAY.

TXZ214-236>238-100300-
/O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0003.160509T1954Z-160510T0300Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
254 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* HAZARDS...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS...SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...BETWEEN MATAGORDA AND HIGH ISLAND.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:12 PM CDTBeach Hazards StatementHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda19 hr
May 9, 9:14 AM CDTGale WarningHGX5 hr
May 9, 9:14 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX13 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Texas, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016

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.