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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 9, 20199 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 9, 2019, 10:19 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 10, 2019, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 9, 2019, 10:19 PM CST (04:19 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 10, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 11, 2019, 3:00 AM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 2019-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 674 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2019-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.9

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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.