Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this high wind warning at May 4, 2012, 12:48 AM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2012, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eagle Pass, TX | NUMEROUS TREES... POWER LINES... LIGHT POLES... STREET SIGNS BLOWN DOWN IN EAGLE PASS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 3364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
423 WWUS74 KEWX 040548 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1248 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS... .WINDS ARE GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE QUICKLY AS CONVECTION DECREASES. TXZ183-202-217-040800- /O.NEW.KEWX.HW.W.0001.120504T0548Z-120504T0800Z/ VAL VERDE-KINNEY-MAVERICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...BRACKETTVILLE...EAGLE PASS 1248 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM. * WINDS...GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO WEAK STRUCTURES AND PLANTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH FOR ONE HOUR WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 29 min |
| May 4, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 44 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.