Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2013, 3:45 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 29, 2013, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2013, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2013, 9:37 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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 09:43 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 00:00Z, 9.8 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
176 WWUS74 KEWX 290945 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 345 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO DILLEY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED MOST AREAS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FROM LANGTRY TO EAGLE PASS WHERE BRIEF HIGH WIND CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TXZ183>187-202>204-217>219-228-291745- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.130129T1800Z-130130T0600Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK- ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO... EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS 345 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...NOON CST TO MIDNIGHT CST. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH MOST AREAS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FROM LANGTRY TO EAGLE PASS. * IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE AND LAWN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND WITH BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
950 WWUS74 KEWX 291750 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1150 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS...OR GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO DILLEY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MANY AREAS. EVEN STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FROM LANGTRY TO EAGLE PASS WHERE BRIEF HIGH WIND CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TXZ183>187-202>204-217>219-228-300600- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.130129T1800Z-130130T0600Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK- ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO... EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS 1150 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH MOST AREAS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FROM LANGTRY TO EAGLE PASS. * IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE AND LAWN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND WITH BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
032 WWUS74 KEWX 300023 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 623 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .VERY STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY AT 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT. TXZ171>173-188>194-205>209-220>225-300600- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130130T0600Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS- BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN... FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN... LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY... GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 623 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE AND LAWN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND WITH BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ TXZ183>187-202>204-217>219-228-300600- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130130T0600Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK- ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO... EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS 623 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50. * IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE AND LAWN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND WITH BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
561 WWUS74 KEWX 300337 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 937 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT HAVE SUBSIDED. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-300445- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130130T0600Z/ 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 937 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. $$
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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.