Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2015, 4:04 AM CST for 30 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2015, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 30 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, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 2334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203 WWUS74 KEWX 071004 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 404 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY BRINGING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA BY NOON. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 6 PM BEFORE SUBSIDING. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-219>225-080000- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.150107T1800Z-150108T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 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...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 404 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM NOON THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-30 MPH WITH GUST POTENTIAL UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY POSE A THREAT TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE TRAVELING PERPENDICULAR TO THE WIND DIRECTION. WITH THESE WINDS BEING OUT OF THE NORTH TODAY...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING EAST OR WEST WOULD BE AT MOST RISK. ALSO...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS...PLANTS...AND LAWN FIXTURES MAY BECOME DISLODGED AND CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO OBJECTS THEY COLLIDE WITH. 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. && $$ TB3
2 follow-up statements
212 WWUS74 KEWX 072142 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 342 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE WAKE OF A POLAR FRONT... .THE ASSOCIATED HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THIS MORNING COLD FRONT IS BRINGING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 6 PM BEFORE SUBSIDING. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-219>225-080000- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 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...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 342 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUST POTENTIAL UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY POSE A THREAT TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE TRAVELING PERPENDICULAR TO THE WIND DIRECTION. WITH THESE WINDS BEING OUT OF THE NORTH TODAY...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING EAST OR WEST WOULD BE AT MOST RISK. ALSO...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS...PLANTS...AND LAWN FIXTURES MAY BECOME DISLODGED AND CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO OBJECTS THEY COLLIDE WITH. 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. && $$
177 WWUS74 KEWX 080003 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 603 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND ARE GENERALLY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-219>225-080115- /O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 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...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 603 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND ARE GENERALLY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. $$
Nearby
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.