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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 23, 2010Edwards County, Val Verde County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 642 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 4:15 AM CSTFire Weather WatchEWXDimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Real and 3 more11 hr
Jan 23, 4:15 AM CSTRed Flag WarningEWXVal Verde8 hr
Jan 23, 3:15 PM CSTRed Flag WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 23 more27 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.