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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 20, 201825 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2018, 3:38 AM CST for 25 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 20, 2018, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2018, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2018, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 20, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 25 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2018-12-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-12-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
2094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

243 
WWUS74 KEWX 200938
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
338 AM CST Thu Dec 20 2018

TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-201745-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.181220T1500Z-181221T0000Z/
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-
Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-
Fayette-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca-
Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Kerrville, 
Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, 
Bastrop, Giddings, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, 
Lockhart, La Grange, Pearsall, Pleasanton, Floresville, 
Karnes City, Gonzales, Cuero, and Halletsville
338 AM CST Thu Dec 20 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM this morning to 6 PM
CST this evening. 

* TIMING...Thursday morning increasing through the afternoon.

* WINDS...Northwest around 25 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH

* IMPACTS...Lawn decorations and trash cans not secured could be
  blown around and damaged. Driving could be difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles.

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.

&&

$$

YB
2 follow-up statements
077 
WWUS74 KEWX 201724
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1124 AM CST Thu Dec 20 2018

TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-210000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-181221T0000Z/
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-
Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-
Fayette-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca-
Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Kerrville, 
Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, 
Bastrop, Giddings, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, 
Lockhart, La Grange, Pearsall, Pleasanton, Floresville, 
Karnes City, Gonzales, Cuero, and Halletsville
1124 AM CST Thu Dec 20 2018

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

* TIMING...Thursday afternoon into the evening hours. 

* WINDS...Northwest around 25 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH

* IMPACTS...Lawn decorations and trash cans not secured could be 
  blown around and damaged. Driving could be difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles. 

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.

&&

$$
960 
WWUS74 KEWX 202355
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
555 PM CST Thu Dec 20 2018

TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-210100-
/O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-181221T0000Z/
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-
Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-
Fayette-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca-
Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Kerrville, 
Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, 
Bastrop, Giddings, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, 
Lockhart, La Grange, Pearsall, Pleasanton, Floresville, 
Karnes City, Gonzales, Cuero, and Halletsville
555 PM CST Thu Dec 20 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

Wind speeds and gusts will continue to diminish through the 
evening hours.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 3:15 PM CSTRed Flag WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards and 13 more3 hr

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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.