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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 28, 2015Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2015, 3:16 AM CST for Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2015, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 00:00Z on 2015-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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.

827 
WWUS74 KEWX 280916
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
316 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

TXZ183-202-281200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0007.151228T0916Z-151228T1200Z/
VAL VERDE-KINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...BRACKETTVILLE
316 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM CST THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAINLY IN THE LAKE
  AMISTAD AND DEL RIO AREAS.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE
  ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD MAY FACE
  ADVERSE BOATING 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 6:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson45 min

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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.