Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 27, 2017, 3:43 AM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 27, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2017, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 21 counties
Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 2378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
857 WWUS74 KEWX 270843 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 343 AM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 TXZ171>173-183>193-202>208-271645- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0008.171027T1200Z-171027T1800Z/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera- Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Kinney-Uvalde-Medina- Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Del Rio, Rocksprings, Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop, Bracketville, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, and Lockhart 343 AM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 7 AM this morning to 1 PM CDT this afternoon. * TIMING...This morning through 1 PM this afternoon. * WINDS...20-30 mph sustained with gusts to 40 mph possible. * IMPACTS...Driving high profile vehicles will be difficult through the day. Large tree limbs could fall and cause damage. Minor damage to unsecured items that are outdoors. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
929 WWUS74 KEWX 271529 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1029 AM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 TXZ171-172-183>186-188-190-202-203-271630- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171027T1800Z/ Llano-Burnet-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Gillespie-Blanco-Kinney- Uvalde- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Del Rio, Rocksprings, Leakey, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Blanco, Bracketville, and Uvalde 1029 AM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Sustained winds are expected to remain below 25 miles per hour for the rest of this morning and afternoon, but will remain elevated with gusts up to 35 miles per hour. $$ TXZ173-187-189-191>193-204>208-271800- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171027T1800Z/ Williamson-Bandera-Kendall-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Medina-Bexar-Comal- Guadalupe-Caldwell- Including the cities of Georgetown, Bandera, Boerne, San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, and Lockhart 1029 AM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...This morning through 1 PM this afternoon. * WINDS...20-30 mph sustained with gusts to 40 mph possible. * IMPACTS...Driving high profile vehicles will be difficult through the day. Large tree limbs could fall and cause damage. Minor damage to unsecured items that are outdoors. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 2 more | 18 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.