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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 13, 201433 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2014, 4:02 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2014, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 21:04 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 12:00Z, 9.0 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 377 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 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.

674 
WWUS74 KEWX 132102
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
402 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A STRONG
COLD FRONT INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY
MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE
OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AND BECOME LESS GUSTY
MONDAY NIGHT.


TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-140515-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.140414T1200Z-140415T0000Z/
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
402 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. 

* TIMING...7 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
459 
WWUS74 KEWX 140456
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1156 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A STRONG
COLD FRONT INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY
MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AND BECOME LESS GUSTY
MONDAY NIGHT.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-141300-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.140414T1200Z-140415T0000Z/
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
1156 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...7 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 
  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.

&&

$$
279 
WWUS74 KEWX 141010
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
510 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SURGE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY MID
MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME
LESS GUSTY TONIGHT.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-150000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.140414T1200Z-140415T0000Z/
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
510 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 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.

&&

$$
643 
WWUS74 KEWX 142059
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
359 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND IN
ITS WAKE...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME LESS GUSTY
TONIGHT.

THESE NORTH WINDS WILL BRING COLDER AIR AND LOW TEMPERATURES
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MAY BE NEAR RECORDS. ACROSS OUR
NORTHERN AREAS FROM BURNET TO EDWARDS COUNTIES TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL TO FREEZING IN SOME PLACES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
ONLY LAST A FEW HOURS WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS OF SUNRISE.

TXZ171-172-184>186-188-150500-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FZ.W.0001.140415T0800Z-140415T1500Z/
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140415T0000Z/
LLANO-BURNET-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-GILLESPIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...
KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG
359 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM CDT
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...3 AM TO 10 AM CDT TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES FROM 28 TO 32.

* IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND PETS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

TXZ173-183-187-189>194-202>209-217>225-228-150000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140415T0000Z/
WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-BANDERA-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...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...BANDERA...
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
359 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 
  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.

&&

$$
945 
WWUS74 KEWX 150013
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
713 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU LATER TONIGHT...

.NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM...THEN TAPER
OFF TO AROUND 10 MPH AS DAYTIME MIXING CEASES.

THE LIGHTER WINDS AND COLD DRY AIR IN PLACES WILL DROP MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO NEAR ALL-TIME RECORDS FOR THE DATE. PORTIONS
OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU WILL SEE TEMPERATURES
FALL BELOW FREEZING...GENERALLY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING.

TXZ171-172-184>186-188-150815-
/O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140415T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KEWX.FZ.W.0001.140415T0900Z-140415T1500Z/
LLANO-BURNET-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-GILLESPIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...
KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG
713 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES FROM 28 TO 32.

* IMPACTS...TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND PETS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

TXZ173-183-187-189>194-202>209-217>225-228-150115-
/O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140415T0000Z/
WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-BANDERA-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...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...BANDERA...
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
713 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH 10 PM...BUT THEN
TAPER OFF TO AROUND 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.

$$

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.