Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2012, 7:21 AM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:21 AM CDT (12:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 12:21 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, 0.4 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
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
822 WWUS74 KEWX 141221 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 721 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DUE TO AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO RELAX AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER 7 PM. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-141900- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.120414T1221Z-120414T1900Z/ 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 721 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO NEAR 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND DRIVING LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
440 WWUS74 KEWX 141224 AAA NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 724 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DUE TO AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO RELAX AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER 7 PM. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-142100- /O.EXT.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120415T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 724 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND DRIVING LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
633 WWUS74 KEWX 142045 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 345 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DUE TO AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER 7 PM. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-150000- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120415T0000Z/ 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 SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND DRIVING LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. 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
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.