Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2005, 3:56 AM CST for 25 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 15, 2005, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2005, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2005, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 25 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KEWX 152240 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 440 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER MUCH COLDER AIR INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE GUSTINESS SHOULD CEASE AND THE SUSTAINED SPEEDS DROP TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO FREEZING AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE. TXZ171-172-186>190-160300- /O.NEW.KEWX.FZ.W.0004.051116T0600Z-051116T1300Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...KERRVILLE...BANDERA... FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO 440 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE USHERED MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. THE GUSTINESS SHOULD CEASE AND SUSTAINED WINDS DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE EVENING. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS LATER TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL RADIATE DOWN TO FREEZING OVER THE CENTRAL HILL COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE COOLING WILL CONTINUE WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES BEING FELT DOWN THE RIVER VALLEYS OF THE HILL COUNTRY TO THE ESCARPMENT. 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. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ TXZ183>185-160645- /O.NEW.KEWX.FZ.W.0004.051116T0600Z-051116T1300Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY 440 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS USHERED MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. THE GUSTINESS SHOULD CEASE AND SUSTAINED WINDS SPEEDS GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS LATER TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL RADIATE DOWN TO FREEZING LEVEL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE FELT OVER THE VAL VERDE COUNTY NORTH OF LAKE AMISTAD AND ACROSS ALL OF EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES UNTIL SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ TXZ173-191>194-204>209-219>225-160300- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0300Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE- CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT- LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 440 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GUSTINESS SHOULD CEASE AND SUSTAINED WINDS DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE EVENING. 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. $$
000 WWUS74 KEWX 160248 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 848 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT USHERED MUCH COLDER AIR INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO FREEZING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE. TXZ171-172-186>190-161100- /O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FZ.W.0004.051116T0600Z-051116T1300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...KERRVILLE...BANDERA... FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO 848 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS, TEMPERATURES WILL RADIATE DOWN TO FREEZING OVER THE CENTRAL HILL COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE COOLING WILL CONTINUE WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES BEING FELT DOWN THE RIVER VALLEYS OF THE HILL COUNTRY TO THE ESCARPMENT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ TXZ173-191>194-204>209-219>225-160400- /O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051116T0300Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE- CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT- LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 848 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILD INTO TEXAS. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ TXZ183>185-161100- /O.CON.KEWX.FZ.W.0004.051116T0600Z-051116T1300Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY 848 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS, TEMPERATURES WILL RADIATE DOWN TO FREEZING LEVEL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE FELT OVER THE VAL VERDE COUNTY NORTH OF LAKE AMISTAD AND ACROSS ALL OF EDWARDS AND REAL COUNTIES BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 4:40 PM CST | Freeze Warning | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 4 more | 12 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.