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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 15, 20244 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2024, 1:18 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 15, 2024, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2024, 1:18 PM CST (19:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2024, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2024, 10:00 AM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 12:00Z on 2024-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2024-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 555 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
555 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
594 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
Jan 15, 3:20 AM CSTGale WarningHGX33 hr
Jan 15, 3:36 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more32 hr
Jan 15, 3:40 AM CSTFreeze WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda32 hr
Jan 15, 3:40 AM CSTHard Freeze WarningHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more54 hr
Jan 15, 1:24 PM CSTWind Chill WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Trinity and 2 more23 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.