Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2011, 2:39 PM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 5, 2011, 7:21 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2011, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2011, 7:21 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 20:43 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, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
919 WWUS74 KEWX 042039 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 239 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES INCLUDING THE AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO CORRIDOR... .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-050500- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.110305T1400Z-110305T2100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 239 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
465 WWUS74 KEWX 050255 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 855 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING. TXZ193-194-207>209-217>225-228-051100- /O.EXB.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.110305T1400Z-110305T2200Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO- ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SEGUIN... LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO... HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 855 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-051100- /O.EXT.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.110305T1400Z-110305T2200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 855 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
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
854 WWUS74 KEWX 051321 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 721 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS MOVED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS ALOFT BEING SENT TO THE SURFACE WILL CREATE NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-052200- /O.EXT.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.110305T1321Z-110305T2200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 721 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:45 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Bandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr, Kinney and 6 more | 28 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.