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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 2, 2025Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 2, 2025, 1:24 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2025, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2025, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2025, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
4 days
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 06:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2025-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 987 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2025-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 2:43 PM CDTWind AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Jackson and 6 more26 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.