Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2010, 5:01 AM CST for Edwards County, Val Verde County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 23, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2010, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Edwards County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 642 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 837 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
266 WWUS74 KEWX 231101 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 501 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON... .A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWEEP INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY WITH WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BUT GUSTY AFTER SUNSET. TXZ183-184-231915- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.100123T1800Z-100123T2200Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS 501 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. .A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWEEP INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY WITH WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BUT GUSTY AFTER SUNSET. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
810 WWUS74 KEWX 231828 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1228 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON... .A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWEEP INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY WILL CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ184-231930- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T2200Z/ EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROCKSPRINGS 1228 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ TXZ183-240000- /O.EXT.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T0000Z/ VAL VERDE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DEL RIO 1228 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. .NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 4:15 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Real and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:15 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 8 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:15 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 23 more | 27 hr |
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.