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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 27, 201433 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2014, 4:22 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 27, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2014, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 27, 2014, 2:56 PM CST
In force
9 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 10:23 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 (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-01-27Temperature 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 2014-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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.

800 
WWUS74 KEWX 271022
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
422 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
TODAY...

.A STRONG...ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS
ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. EXPECT
SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH
DURING THE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON HOURS. BREEZY NORTH
WINDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-272200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.140127T1200Z-140127T2200Z/
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
422 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...6 AM UNTIL 4 PM CST. 

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND
  OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
067 
WWUS74 KEWX 272056
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
256 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014

...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.THE NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS.  

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-272200-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T2200Z/
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
256 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

THE NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 2:44 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 22 more21 hr

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.