Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2015, 12:06 AM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2015, 12:06 AM CDT (05:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 05:09 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
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 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
- 1391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
320 WWUS74 KEWX 260506 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1206 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. STRONG PRESSURE RISES WILL INITIALLY LEAD TO VERY GUSTY WINDS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT. MIXING OF HIGHER MOMENTUM ALOFT WILL OCCUR AFTER SUNRISE...CONTINUING THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AFTER SUNSET THURSDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261700- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.150326T0800Z-150326T1700Z/ 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 1206 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...DEVELOPING BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM WITH BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND PERSISTING THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. SECURE LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
381 WWUS74 KEWX 260811 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 311 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT INTO MIDDAY THURSDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG PRESSURE RISES WILL INITIALLY LEAD TO VERY GUSTY WINDS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT. MIXING OF HIGHER MOMENTUM ALOFT WILL OCCUR AFTER SUNRISE...CONTINUING THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AFTER SUNSET THURSDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261615- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150326T1700Z/ 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 311 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... * TIMING...DEVELOPING NOW WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND PERSISTING THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. SECURE LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 20 min |
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.