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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 21, 201612 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2016, 12:31 PM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2016, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Bandera County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 12:00Z on 2016-01-21Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

181 
WWUS74 KEWX 211831
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1231 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

TXZ183>187-202>204-217>219-228-220000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.160121T1831Z-160122T0000Z/
VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-
ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...
KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...
EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS
1231 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM.

* WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS
  AND MAY DAMAGE WEAK TREES. THEY WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
757 
WWUS74 KEWX 211831 CCA
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1231 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

TXZ183>187-202>204-217>219-228-220000-
/O.COR.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.160121T1831Z-160122T0000Z/
VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-
ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...
KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...
EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS
1231 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

CORRECTED FOR WIND GUSTS

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM.

* WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS
  AND MAY DAMAGE WEAK TREES. THEY WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$
279 
WWUS74 KEWX 220000
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

TXZ183>187-202>204-217>219-228-220100-
/O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T0000Z/
VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-
ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...
KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...
EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS
600 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 3:49 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt and 16 more5 hr

Nearby

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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.