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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 23, 201428 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2014, 2:16 PM CST for 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2014, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2014, 8:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 28 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, 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, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 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.

859 
WWUS74 KEWX 232016
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
216 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...

.STRONG GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL
COUNTRY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.


TXZ171>173-184>194-203>209-219>225-240200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.140123T2016Z-140124T0200Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-
KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-
GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-
DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...
LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...
KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
216 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 8PM.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY 25 TO 35 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
431 
WWUS74 KEWX 240216
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
816 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS LOOSENED A BIT AS THE FRONT MOVES
FARTHER SOUTH. THIS HAS ALLOWED WINDS TO DECREASE TO BELOW
ADVISORY SPEEDS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

TXZ171>173-184>194-203>209-219>225-240330-
/O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T0200Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-
KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-
GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-
DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...
LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...
KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
816 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...BUT WILL CONTINUE
TO BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS 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.