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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 27, 201133 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2011, 10:32 AM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2011, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 15:30 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, 3.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -240 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-240 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.

996 
WWUS74 KEWX 271532
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1032 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...

.A COLD FRONT WHICH PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING
HAS BROUGHT STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-272345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0007.110427T1532Z-110428T0000Z/
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
1032 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

A COLD FRONT WHICH PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING
HAS BROUGHT STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 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.

&&

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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.