Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2006, 5:25 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2006, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2006, 5:25 AM CST (11:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2006, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2006, 3:22 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 11:29 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 965 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KEWX 091125 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 525 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND A DRY COLD FRONT WILL BRING WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH ISOLATED 40 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-092300- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0008.060309T1400Z-060309T2300Z/ 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 525 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. SOME BLOWING DUST CAN BE ANTICIPATED SINCE MUCH OF TEXAS CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTUBANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIT TO THE NORTHEAST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELLING ON NORTH-TO-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KEWX 092122 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 322 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-092230- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060309T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 322 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL SUNSET...BUT WILL BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays, Travis | 40 min |
| Mar 8, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Kendall | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 53 min |
| Mar 9, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Williamson | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Williamson | 44 min |
Nearby
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.