Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2015, 3:00 PM CST for 30 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 4, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2015, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 21:01 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 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
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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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
3 follow-up statements
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
926 WWUS74 KEWX 050951 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 351 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM... .A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ARCTIC AIR BEHIND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK. TXZ183>185-202-203-051100- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY-UVALDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE 351 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. $$ TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-051500- /O.EXT.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150305T1500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO... HALLETTSVILLE 351 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TYPICAL ISSUES WITH TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS. STRONGEST WINDS MAY BREAK TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
067 WWUS74 KEWX 051524 AAA NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 924 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-051630- /O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150305T1500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO... SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL... PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO... HALLETTSVILLE 924 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. HOWEVER... WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:01 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:32 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 13 more | 22 hr |
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.