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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 2, 201412 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2014, 5:29 PM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2014, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2014, 8:25 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Medina County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2014-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1175 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
1175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

665 
WWUS74 KEWX 022329
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
529 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS 
THROUGH 10 PM IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...

.STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP 35 MPH WILL CREATE WINDY
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND
SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA AFTER 10 PM THIS EVENING.

TXZ191-204>208-219>224-030400-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.140303T0000Z-140303T0400Z/
HAYS-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-
KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...
NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...
FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO
529 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING

* WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH

* IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND
  OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 

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
960 
WWUS74 KEWX 030225 AAA
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
825 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MAINLY EAST OF
HIGHWAY 83.

TXZ191-204>208-219>224-030330-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140303T0400Z/
HAYS-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-
KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...
NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...
FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO
825 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS
EVENING. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER
FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10
TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.

$$

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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.