Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2014, 3:51 AM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 12, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2014, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 08:52 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, 8.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
4 follow-up statements
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
338 WWUS74 KEWX 120257 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 957 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PLOW THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL START OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS HIGHER THAN 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SOME DUST FROM NORTHWESTERN TEXAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. EXPECT WINDS TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-121200- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.140312T0500Z-140312T2200Z/ 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 957 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT IN THE NORTH SPREADING SOUTH AND ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN 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. && $$
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
399 WWUS74 KEWX 122201 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 501 PM CDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...BREEZY NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. GUSTS WILL GENERALLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET...WITH WINDS DECREASING TO NEAR OR BELOW 10 MPH TONIGHT. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-122315- /O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140312T2200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 501 PM CDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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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.