Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
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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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:49 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt and 16 more | 5 hr |
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.