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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 18, 2021Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2021, 8:01 PM CST for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2021, 8:01 PM CST (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2021, 3:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

County Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2021-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

622 
WWUS74 KHGX 190201
NPWHGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
801 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021

TXZ438-439-190900-
/O.NEW.KHGX.WI.Y.0012.211119T0201Z-211119T0900Z/
Galveston Island-Bolivar Peninsula-
Including the city of Galveston
801 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* WHAT...North to northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 
  35 mph.

* WHERE...Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.

* WHEN...Until 3 AM CST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
397 
WWUS74 KHGX 190207
NPWHGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
807 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021

TXZ438-439-190900-
/O.CON.KHGX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-211119T0900Z/
Galveston Island-Bolivar Peninsula-
Including the city of Galveston
807 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* WHAT...North to northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 
  35 mph.

* WHERE...Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.

* WHEN...Until 3 AM CST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 3:16 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX3 hr

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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.