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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 27, 2024Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 27, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2287 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 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
2287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
15.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this beach hazards 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 beach hazards statement went out at Apr 26, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 10:35 PM CDTRip Current StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda3 hr
Apr 27, 2:17 AM CDTWind AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 3 more29 hr
Apr 27, 6:58 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris27 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.