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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 20, 202223 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2022, 3:00 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 21, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2022, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 21, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
All 23 counties

Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2022-03-20Temperature 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 2022-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 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
2434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 3:23 AM CDTGale WatchHGX12 hr
Mar 20, 3:23 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX32 hr
Mar 20, 3:00 PM CDTRip Current StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda51 hr
Mar 20, 3:05 PM CDTGale WarningHGX31 hr

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.