Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2019
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 12, 2019, 11:57 PM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2019, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2019, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 26 counties
Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
695 WWUS74 KEWX 130457 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1157 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019 TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-131300- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.190313T0457Z-190313T1300Z/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera- Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Kinney-Uvalde-Medina-Bexar- Comal- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Del Rio, Rocksprings, Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, Bracketville, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, and New Braunfels 1157 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 8 AM CDT Wednesday. * TIMING...Late Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. * WINDS...Southeasterly sustained winds 20 to 25 mph with frequent gusts up to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Light weight or loose objects that are not secured may easily be blown around. High profile and/or light weight vehicles may experience difficulty traveling on roadways. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
421 WWUS74 KEWX 130751 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 251 AM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019 TXZ193-194-207>209-223>225-131300- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-190313T1300Z/ Bastrop-Lee-Guadalupe-Caldwell-Fayette-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca- Including the cities of Bastrop, Giddings, Seguin, Lockhart, La Grange, Gonzales, Cuero, and Halletsville 251 AM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 8 AM CDT this morning. * TIMING...Late Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. * WINDS...Southeasterly sustained winds 20 to 25 mph with frequent gusts up to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Light weight or loose objects that are not secured may easily be blown around. High profile and/or light weight vehicles may experience difficulty traveling on roadways. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-131300- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-190313T1300Z/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera- Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Kinney-Uvalde-Medina-Bexar- Comal- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Del Rio, Rocksprings, Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, Bracketville, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, and New Braunfels 251 AM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...Late Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. * WINDS...Southeasterly sustained winds 20 to 25 mph with frequent gusts up to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Light weight or loose objects that are not secured may easily be blown around. High profile and/or light weight vehicles may experience difficulty traveling on roadways. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick, Uvalde | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 22 min |
| Mar 13, 4:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Kendall | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 55 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.