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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 21, 200733 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 21, 2007, 4:25 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 21, 2007, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 21, 2007, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 21, 2007, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 22, 2007, 3:37 AM CST
In force
15 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 10:28 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, 10.4 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 00:00Z on 2007-11-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1207 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 00:00Z on 2007-11-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KEWX 211025
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
425 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007

...A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVING IN THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BRING MUCH COLDER WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TONIGHT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON
AND THROUGH THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTH
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

TXZ171-172-183>190-212100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.071121T1900Z-071122T1400Z/
LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-
KENDALL-BLANCO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO
425 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 AM CST THURSDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL ARRIVE IN THE NORTHERN
HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST TO
NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

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.

$$

TXZ173-191>194-202>209-217>225-228-212100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.071121T2200Z-071122T1400Z/
WILLIAMSON-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...GEORGETOWN...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
425 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...

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

A STRONG COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE NORTHERN
HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST TO NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT
AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KEWX 212205
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
405 PM CST WED NOV 21 2007

...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 
WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA
TONIGHT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WILL BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071122T1400Z/
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
405 PM CST WED NOV 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

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 220937
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
337 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007

...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL
COUNTRY IS CANCELLED...

.NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND THEREFORE THE
WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. 

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221045-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071122T1400Z/
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
337 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED 15 TO 25 MPH AND THEREFORE THE WIND
ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. THERE STILL MAY BE A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 30
MPH THROUGH THE MID MORNING.

$$

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.