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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 5, 202516 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 5, 2025, 11:52 AM CST for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 5, 2025, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2025, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 6, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
In force
21 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, 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 17:56 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 2025-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 502 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 12:00Z on 2025-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 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
502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
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
Jan 5, 4:38 AM CSTCold Weather AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more30 hr
Jan 5, 4:38 AM CSTFreeze WarningHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more28 hr
Jan 5, 4:50 AM CSTRip Current StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda13 hr
Jan 5, 9:01 AM CSTGale WarningHGX24 hr
Jan 5, 1:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty28 min
Jan 5, 2:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris31 min
Jan 5, 2:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers, Liberty71 min
Jan 5, 2:58 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX92 min
Jan 5, 3:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGalveston39 min
Jan 5, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston17 min
Jan 5, 4:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers65 min

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.