Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at May 8, 2020, 3:33 AM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 8, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2020, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 22 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, 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
761 WWUS74 KEWX 080833 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 333 AM CDT Fri May 8 2020 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-090000- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.200508T1800Z-200509T0000Z/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera- Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-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, Giddings, Bracketville, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, and Lockhart 333 AM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph expected with gusts 35 to 40 mph possible in some areas. * WHERE...Portions of South Central Texas. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
988 WWUS74 KEWX 090007 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 707 PM CDT Fri May 8 2020 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-090115- /O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200509T0000Z/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera- Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Kinney-Uvalde- Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Del Rio, Rocksprings, Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop, Giddings, Bracketville, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, and Lockhart 707 PM CDT Fri May 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... At 7 PM, wind speeds have fallen below wind advisory levels across most areas. As a result, the Wind Advisory was allowed to expire. However, winds will flirt with advisory levels mainly along the I-35 corridor where gusts up to 35 mph are still possible through 9 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 43 min |
| May 7, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 32 min |
| May 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 26 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.