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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 11, 201714 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2017, 3:54 AM CST for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 11, 2017, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2017, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2017, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2017, 5:03 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

166 
WWUS74 KEWX 110954
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
354 AM CST WED JAN 11 2017

TXZ173-192>194-208-209-222>225-111800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.170111T1600Z-170112T0000Z/
WILLIAMSON-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-KARNES-GONZALES-
DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GEORGETOWN, AUSTIN, BASTROP, GIDDINGS, 
LOCKHART, LA GRANGE, KARNES CITY, GONZALES, CUERO, 
AND HALLETSVILLE
354 AM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...FROM 10 AM UNTIL 6 PM.

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

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON EAST
  TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. HIGH WINDS COULD DISPLACE LOOSE OBJECTS
  AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
583 
WWUS74 KEWX 111805
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1205 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

TXZ191-206-207-221-120000-
/O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170112T0000Z/
HAYS-COMAL-GUADALUPE-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAN MARCOS, NEW BRAUNFELS, SEGUIN, 
AND FLORESVILLE
1205 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...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...FROM 10 AM UNTIL 6 PM.

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

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON 
  EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. HIGH WINDS COULD DISPLACE LOOSE 
  OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

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.

&&

$$

TXZ173-192>194-208-209-222>225-120000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170112T0000Z/
WILLIAMSON-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-KARNES-GONZALES-
DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GEORGETOWN, AUSTIN, BASTROP, GIDDINGS, 
LOCKHART, LA GRANGE, KARNES CITY, GONZALES, CUERO, 
AND HALLETSVILLE
1205 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

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

* TIMING...FROM 10 AM UNTIL 6 PM.

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

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON 
  EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. HIGH WINDS COULD DISPLACE LOOSE 
  OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

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.

&&

$$
334 
WWUS74 KEWX 112303
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
503 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

TXZ173-191>194-206>209-221>225-120015-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170112T0000Z/
WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GEORGETOWN, SAN MARCOS, AUSTIN, BASTROP, 
GIDDINGS, NEW BRAUNFELS, SEGUIN, LOCKHART, LA GRANGE, 
FLORESVILLE, KARNES CITY, GONZALES, CUERO, AND HALLETSVILLE
503 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN 20 MPH AND THE ADVISORY
IS NO LONGER NEEDED. 

$$

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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.