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Wind Advisory 3, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 11:53 AM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
Counties Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500 WWUS74 KSJT 231753 NPWSJT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1153 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. TXZ054-065-066-072-073-098-113-127-139-232300- /O.CAN.KSJT.LW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSJT.WI.Y.0003.120223T1753Z-120223T2300Z/ NOLAN-COKE-RUNNELS-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-HASKELL-JONES-TAYLOR-COLEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SWEETWATER...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE... BALLINGER...WINTERS...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...HASKELL...STAMFORD... ANSON...HAMLIN...ABILENE...COLEMAN 1153 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...11 AM CST TO 5 PM CST. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 2 TO 3 MILES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ140-154-231900- /O.CAN.KSJT.LW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ BROWN-MCCULLOCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNWOOD...BRADY 1153 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. $$ TXZ049-064-071-099-114-128-232300- /O.NEW.KSJT.WI.Y.0003.120223T1753Z-120223T2300Z/ FISHER-STERLING-IRION-THROCKMORTON-SHACKELFORD-CALLAHAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...STERLING CITY... MERTZON...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...ALBANY...CLYDE...BAIRD... CROSS PLAINS 1153 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 2 TO 3 MILES AT TIMES. * TIMING: 11 AM CST TO 5 PM CST * WINDS: WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:48 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:44 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SJT | Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Haskell, Jones and 5 more | 7 hr |
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.