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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 16, 2016Kinney County, Maverick County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 3:30 AM CST for Kinney County, Maverick County, Val Verde County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2016, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2016-01-16Temperature 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 2016-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

062 
WWUS74 KEWX 160930
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
330 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

TXZ183-202-217-161800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0001.160116T1600Z-160116T2300Z/
VAL VERDE-KINNEY-MAVERICK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...BRACKETTVILLE...EAGLE PASS
330 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE
  ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD MAY FACE
  ADVERSE BOATING CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY
  BE BLOWN ABOUT.

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.

&&

$$

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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.