Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT for 31 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 9:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 31 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, 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, 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KEWX 262100 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS FORECAST FRIDAY WITH A COLD FRONT... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...CURRENTLY TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ON FRIDAY AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ON SATURDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-217>220-228-270900- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0007.090327T1700Z-090328T0500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO- ATASCOSA-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...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...CARRIZO SPRINGS 400 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY NIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FRIDAY EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KEWX 270922 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 422 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS FORECAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL MIXING STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS SATURDAY. TXZ221>224-280500- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0007.090327T1700Z-090328T0500Z/ WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO 422 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-217>220-228-280500- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0007.090327T1700Z-090328T0500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO- ATASCOSA-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...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...CARRIZO SPRINGS 422 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. 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. && $$
000 WWUS74 KEWX 271957 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 257 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FRONT... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PUSHING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL BRING A COLD FRONT TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS SATURDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-217>224-228-280400- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090328T0500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO- ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO... CARRIZO SPRINGS 257 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS74 KEWX 280225 AAA NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 925 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-217>224-228-280330- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090328T0500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO- ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-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...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO... CARRIZO SPRINGS 925 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS RELAXED AND SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 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 26, 6:04 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Medina, Uvalde | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina, Zavala | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Wilson | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 10 more | 30 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.