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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 15, 20217 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2021, 4:35 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 15, 2021, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2021, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 15, 2021, 5:21 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 275 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 2021-01-15Temperature 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 2021-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

685 
WWUS74 KEWX 151035
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
435 AM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

TXZ172-173-192>194-209-225-151845-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.210115T1500Z-210116T0000Z/
Burnet-Williamson-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Fayette-Lavaca-
Including the cities of Burnet, Georgetown, Austin, Bastrop, 
Giddings, La Grange, and Hallettsville
435 AM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Burnet, Williamson, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette and 
  Lavaca Counties.

* WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 6 PM CST 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
604 
WWUS74 KEWX 152042
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
242 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

TXZ172-173-192>194-209-225-160000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210116T0000Z/
Burnet-Williamson-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Fayette-Lavaca-
Including the cities of Burnet, Georgetown, Austin, Bastrop, 
Giddings, La Grange, and Hallettsville
242 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

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

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Burnet, Williamson, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette and 
  Lavaca Counties.

* WHEN...Through 6 PM CST 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.

&&

$$
453 
WWUS74 KEWX 152321
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
521 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

TXZ172-173-192>194-209-225-160030-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210116T0000Z/
Burnet-Williamson-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Fayette-Lavaca-
Including the cities of Burnet, Georgetown, Austin, Bastrop, 
Giddings, La Grange, and Hallettsville
521 PM CST Fri Jan 15 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Sustained winds have dropped below advisory levels and the Wind
Advisory has been cancelled. However, a few wind gusts of 25 to 
30 mph are still possible through 6 PM. 

$$

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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.