Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2015, 3:23 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2015, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Dimmit County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023 WWUS74 KEWX 270923 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 323 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 TXZ183-202-217-218-228-271730- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.151227T0923Z-151228T0600Z/ VAL VERDE-KINNEY-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...BRACKETTVILLE...EAGLE PASS... CRYSTAL CITY...CARRIZO SPRINGS 323 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. CERTAIN OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND AND COULD CAUSE INJURY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
182 WWUS74 KEWX 272119 AAA NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 319 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 TXZ183-202-217-218-228-280200- /O.EXT.KEWX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151228T0200Z/ VAL VERDE-KINNEY-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...BRACKETTVILLE...EAGLE PASS... CRYSTAL CITY...CARRIZO SPRINGS 319 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. CERTAIN OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND AND COULD CAUSE INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 10:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| Dec 26, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 46 min |
| Dec 26, 11:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 56 min |
| Dec 26, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 53 min |
| Dec 27, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 54 min |
| Dec 27, 12:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 64 min |
| Dec 27, 12:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 63 min |
| Dec 27, 1:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde | 67 min |
| Dec 27, 6:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 7:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 32 min |
| Dec 27, 10:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Llano, Real and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 11:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 5:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 49 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.