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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 23, 200515 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Sep 23, 2005, 3:40 PM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 24, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2005, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 24, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2005-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KEWX 232040
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
340 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL 
   TEXAS ON SATURDAY...

.HURRICANE RITA WILL MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY MORNING IN THE VICINITY 
OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE HURRICANE WILL
RESULT IN STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

TXZ173-191>194-205>209-221>225-242100-
/X.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.050924T1200Z-050924T2100Z/
WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...
BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...
LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
340 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

THE WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BASTROP...BEXAR...
CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT...FAYETTE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...
KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...AND WILSON.

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA
AS HURRICANE RITA MOVES INLAND NEAR PORT ARTHUR TEXAS SATURDAY
MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

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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.