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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

February 23, 200733 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2007, 3:24 PM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2007, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2007, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 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 21:21 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 12:00Z, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 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 232124
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
324 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 900 AM TO 600 PM CST
SATURDAY...

.A FAST MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING...BRINGING STRONG WEST AND 
NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE AREA.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
DIMINISH BY THE EARLY EVENING. 

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-240530-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.070224T1500Z-070225T0000Z/
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
324 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. 

A FAST MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING...BRINGING STRONG WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS
OVER THE AREA. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED 
TO DIMINISH BY THE EARLY EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KEWX 240529
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1129 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 900 AM TO 600 PM CST
SATURDAY...

.A FAST MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING...BRINGING STRONG WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS
OVER THE AREA.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THE EARLY
EVENING.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241330-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.070224T1500Z-070225T0000Z/
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
1129 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY.

A FAST MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING...BRINGING STRONG WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS
OVER THE AREA. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH BY THE EARLY EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KEWX 241309
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
709 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

.A DRYLINE AND PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY LATE MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-242200-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.070224T1500Z-070225T0000Z/
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
709 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A DRYLINE AND PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
DECREASE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KEWX 242132
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
332 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

.STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 6 PM...IN WAKE OF A PACIFIC COLD FRONT
EARLIER TODAY.  THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS 
EVENING. 

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-250000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/
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
332 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 
TO 45 MPH IS EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM. WINDS AFTER 6 PM WILL
DECREASE 15 TO 25 MPH...AND THEN TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER 7
PM. BY LATE TONIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH ARE
EXPECTED.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 3:11 PM CSTRed Flag WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more28 hr

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.