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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 12, 201216 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 5:20 AM CST for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2012, 5:20 AM CST (11:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-01-12Temperature 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 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.

994 
WWUS74 KEWX 121120
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
520 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH NOON...

.STRONG GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND A
COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. THE NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 35
AND 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME LIGHT BY THIS
EVENING.

TXZ173-191>194-205>209-220>225-121800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.120112T1120Z-120112T1800Z/
WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...
BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...
LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...
GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
520 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  

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.