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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 31, 202119 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2021, 3:06 AM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 31, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2021, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 2021-03-31Temperature 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -152 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

734 
WWUS74 KEWX 310806
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
306 AM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

TXZ171>173-184>193-203>208-312300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.210331T1500Z-210331T2300Z/
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-
Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Uvalde-Medina-Bexar-Comal-
Guadalupe-Caldwell-
Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Rocksprings, 
Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, 
San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, 
New Braunfels, Seguin, and Lockhart
306 AM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central Texas.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 6 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
240 
WWUS74 KEWX 312256
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
556 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

TXZ171>173-184>193-203>208-010000-
/O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210331T2300Z/
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-
Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Uvalde-Medina-Bexar-Comal-
Guadalupe-Caldwell-
Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Rocksprings, 
Leakey, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, 
San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop, Uvalde, Hondo, San Antonio, 
New Braunfels, Seguin, and Lockhart
556 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

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

Winds will remain elevated for another hour or two but have fallen
to 10-23 mph sustained at this time, below advisory criteria. Some
isolated gusts to 30 mph will continue along and south of 
I-10/US-57 overnight, dropping off before sunrise Thursday. 

$$

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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.