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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 8, 202022 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2020-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1422 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2020-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde43 min
May 7, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde32 min
May 7, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde26 min

Nearby

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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.