Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2017, 9:17 PM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2017, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 24 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 582 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
140 WWUS74 KEWX 300217 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 917 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 TXZ171-172-183>191-202>208-217>221-228-300600- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.170430T0217Z-170430T0600Z/ Llano-Burnet-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie- Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Kinney-Uvalde-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe- Caldwell-Maverick-Zavala-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Dimmit- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Del Rio, Rocksprings, Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Bracketville, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, Lockhart, Eagle Pass, Crystal City, Pearsall, Pleasanton, Floresville, and Carrizo Springs 917 PM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 1 AM CDT Sunday. * TIMING...through this evening until around 1 AM CDT Sunday. * WINDS...25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Loose items will be blown around, small tree branches could be broken, and driving can be difficult especially in 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 45 min |
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.