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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 28, 202418 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2024, 4:38 AM CST for 18 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2024, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2024, 4:38 AM CST (10:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2024, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 28, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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, Jackson County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery 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 10:40 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 279 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 2024-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1171 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 2024-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-388 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 1:51 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryHGX8 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.