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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 8, 2018Brazoria County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Jan 8, 2018, 1:08 AM CST for Brazoria County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2018, 1:08 AM CST (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2018, 1:45 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

County Brazoria County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 2018-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2018-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

026 
WWUS84 KHGX 080708
SPSHGX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
108 AM CST MON JAN 8 2018
 
TXZ237-080745-
Brazoria TX-
108 AM CST MON JAN 8 2018

...Strong Thunderstorm in Brazoria County...

At 107 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bonney, or 7 miles northwest of Angleton, moving east at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and some small hail will be possible with 
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Alvin, Danbury, Holiday Lakes, Hillcrest, Liverpool, Bonney,
Chocolate Bayou and Rosharon.

LAT...LON 2922 9559 2930 9558 2939 9546 2939 9518
      2931 9513 2919 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 271DEG 38KT 2927 9548 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 9:17 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller43 min
Jan 7, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Harris, Waller18 min
Jan 7, 10:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery46 min
Jan 7, 10:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria46 min
Jan 7, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria19 min
Jan 7, 11:25 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX50 min
Jan 7, 11:59 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX46 min
Jan 8, 12:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris33 min
Jan 8, 12:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend27 min
Jan 8, 12:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGalveston30 min
Jan 8, 12:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMatagorda41 min
Jan 8, 12:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria35 min
Jan 8, 12:43 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX47 min
Jan 8, 12:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris47 min
Jan 8, 1:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris45 min
Jan 8, 1:12 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX33 min
Jan 8, 1:27 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX48 min
Jan 8, 1:39 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers36 min
Jan 8, 1:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX45 min
Jan 8, 1:55 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX35 min
Jan 8, 2:23 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX37 min
Jan 8, 2:37 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX38 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.