Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2011, 9:36 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2011, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 02:36 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, 2.6 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
- 2175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354 WWUS74 KEWX 040236 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 936 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR... .A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE MORNING TO MIDDAY HOURS. IN ITS WAKE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>221-223-041045- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.110404T1400Z-110405T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-GONZALES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...GONZALES 936 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE MORNING TO MIDDAY HOURS. IN ITS WAKE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
844 WWUS74 KEWX 040903 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 403 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH AROUND NOON. IN ITS WAKE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ183>185-202-203-217-218-222-224-225-228-050000- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.110404T1400Z-110405T0000Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-KARNES- DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... KARNES CITY...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 403 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>221-223-050000- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.110404T1400Z-110405T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-GONZALES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...GONZALES 403 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$
078 WWUS74 KEWX 041658 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1158 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. IN ITS WAKE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-050000- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110405T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 1158 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
173 WWUS74 KEWX 042045 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 345 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. IN ITS WAKE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-050000- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110405T0000Z/ 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 345 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BY 7 PM. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 52 min |
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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.