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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 6, 201218 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2012, 10:16 PM CST for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2012, 10:16 PM CST (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Comal County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 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.

348 
WWUS74 KEWX 070416
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1016 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG
THE ESCARPMENT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-071200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.120307T0416Z-120307T1200Z/
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
1016 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND DRIVING LIGHT
  OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO
  WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

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.

&&

$$

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.