Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2011, 11:42 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2011, 11:42 AM CST (17:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 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 17:47 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, 5.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
045 WWUS74 KEWX 271742 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1142 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO WEST TEXAS WAS CREATING A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. AS CLOUDS CLEAR FROM THE WEST...VERY STRONG GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A DRY LINE AND COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL SHIFT WINDS TO A MORE WESTERLY AND NORTHWEST DIRECTION. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-280030- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.110227T1800Z-110228T0600Z/ 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 1142 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A WEST AND NORTHWEST DIRECTION FROM THE WEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEHIND A DRY LINE AND 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
501 WWUS74 KEWX 272037 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 237 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO WEST TEXAS WAS PRODUCING AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MIX TO THE SURFACE WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A DRY LINE AND COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL SHIFT WINDS TO A MORE WESTERLY AND NORTHWEST DIRECTION. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-280400- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0600Z/ 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 237 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS A DRY LINE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A WEST AND NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FROM THE WEST LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEHIND A 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. && $$
389 WWUS74 KEWX 280146 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 746 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER ITS PASSAGE. TXZ172-173-189>194-205>209-220>225-280300- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0600Z/ BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR- COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES- DE WITT-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 746 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL REMAIN SO THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ TXZ171-183>188-202>204-217>219-228-280600- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0600Z/ LLANO-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS... LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE...HONDO...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... CARRIZO SPRINGS 746 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND MAY CONTINUE WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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
041 WWUS74 KEWX 280336 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 936 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 6 AM CST MONDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TXZ172-189-190-281145- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T1200Z/ BURNET-KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...BOERNE...BLANCO 936 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ TXZ171-183>188-202>204-217>219-228-281145- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T1200Z/ LLANO-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS... LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE...HONDO...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... CARRIZO SPRINGS 936 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS EVENING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 5:22 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:31 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 24 more | 25 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.