Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 7, 2016, 2:45 PM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 8, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2016, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2016, 2:35 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Lee County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
354 WWUS74 KEWX 072045 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 245 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 TXZ173-191>194-204>208-221-223-080500- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.161208T1200Z-161208T2200Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE- CALDWELL-WILSON-GONZALES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...FLORESVILLE...GONZALES 245 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE THESE ITEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
679 WWUS74 KEWX 080404 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1004 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 TXZ173-191>194-204>208-221-223-082200- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.161208T1200Z-161208T2200Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE- CALDWELL-WILSON-GONZALES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...FLORESVILLE...GONZALES 1004 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE THESE ITEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
540 WWUS74 KEWX 082035 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 235 PM CST THU DEC 8 2016 TXZ173-191>194-204>208-221-223-090500- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161208T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FZ.W.0003.161209T0600Z-161209T1500Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE- CALDWELL-WILSON-GONZALES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...FLORESVILLE...GONZALES 235 PM CST THU DEC 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING IN THE MID 20S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION AND SENSITIVE PLANTS AND THESE PLANTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED. THOSE WITH COLD-SENSITIVE ANIMALS...OR OTHER CONCERNS RELATED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES SUCH AS SPRINKLER SYSTEMS... SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THIS FREEZE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TXZ183>185-187-202-203-209-225-090500- /O.NEW.KEWX.FZ.W.0003.161209T0600Z-161209T1500Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-FAYETTE-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... BANDERA...BRACKETVILLE...UVALDE...LA GRANGE...HALLETSVILLE 235 PM CST THU DEC 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING IN THE MID 20S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION AND SENSITIVE PLANTS AND THESE PLANTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED. THOSE WITH COLD-SENSITIVE ANIMALS...OR OTHER CONCERNS RELATED TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES SUCH AS SPRINKLER SYSTEMS... SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THIS FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
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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.