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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

February 3, 200633 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 3, 2006, 4:14 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2006, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2006, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2006, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 3, 2006, 4:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 33 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, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards 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, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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 031014
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
414 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2006

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...

.STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30
AND 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT TODAY.


TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031815-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.060203T1700Z-060203T2200Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
414 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING
CONTINUE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
AFTER 4 PM AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS.

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.

$$

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.