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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Nov 11, 2018, 1:25 PM CST for Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
- Nov 11, 2018, 1:25 PM CST (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2018, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
County Polk County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 310 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Nov 11, 12:20 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 12:20 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 438 AM CST Sun Nov 11 2018 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-235>237-300-335-336- 121045- Austin-Brazos-Burleson-Coastal Jackson-Coastal Matagorda-Colorado- Fort Bend-Grimes-Houston-Inland Brazoria-Inland Harris- Inland Jackson-Inland Matagorda-Madison-Montgomery- Northern Liberty-Polk-San Jacinto-Southern Liberty-Trinity-Walker- Waller-Washington-Wharton- 438 AM CST Sun Nov 11 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Southeast Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage this afternoon and tonight. Some of the stronger storms could produce large hail and brief gusty winds tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A strong cold front will cross the coast on Monday and bring some of the coldest air of the autumn into Southeast Texas. Low temperatures will fall into the 30's on Tuesday morning and will fall to near freezing over much of the area Wednesday morning. Temperatures could fall into the upper 20's northeast of a Madisonville to Conroe to Liberty line. A Freeze Warning may be required over parts of the region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-121045- Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM- Galveston Bay-Matagorda Bay- Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM-Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM- 438 AM CST Sun Nov 11 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Southeast Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Small Craft Advisory is in effect for the Gulf waters this afternoon into tonight with east winds increasing to 20 to 25 knots. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Another strong col No hazardous weather is expected at this time. d front will cross the coastal waters on Monday. Strong north winds in the wake of this front will increase to 30 knots with higher gusts and another Gale Warning may be required. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. TXZ436>438-121045- Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula- Matagorda Islands- 438 AM CST Sun Nov 11 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Southeast Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage this afternoon and tonight. Some of the storms tonight could be severe with damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. Strong east winds No hazardous weather is expected at this time. will develop today and tide levels will increase. Tide levels tonight are expected to reach 3.2 feet which may produce some minor coastal flooding on Gulf facing beaches this tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A strong cold front will cross the coast on Monday and winds will increase to between 25 and 30 mph. This will require another Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. TXZ214-238-313-337-338-121045- Chambers-Coastal Brazoria-Coastal Galveston-Coastal Harris- Inland Galveston- 438 AM CST Sun Nov 11 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Southeast Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage this afternoon and tonight. Some of the storms tonight could be severe with damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A strong cold front will cross the coast on Monday and winds will increase to between 20 and 30 mph. A Wind Advisory may be required late Monday into Monday night. The strong northerly winds will also bring very cold temperatures into the region. Some of the coldest air of the autumn will filter into Southeast Texas on Tuesday with even colder temperatures possible Wednesday morning. A Freeze Warning may be required Wednesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 1:25 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 3:30 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 24 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:22 PM CST | Gale Watch | HGX | 13 hr |
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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.