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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 11, 20264 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2026, 8:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 11, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2026, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
9 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 01:53 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 2026-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2026-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -226 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Wharton60 min
Mar 11, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison57 min
Mar 11, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria27 min
Mar 11, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Trinity, Walker48 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.