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Wind Advisory 12, NWS San Angelo, TX

December 24, 20218 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2021, 3:03 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2021, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2021, 3:03 AM CST (09:03 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2021, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 24, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX

Counties Callahan County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-12-24Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 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
1539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

299 
WWUS74 KSJT 240903
NPWSJT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
303 AM CST Fri Dec 24 2021

TXZ049-054-098-099-113-114-127-128-250000-
/O.NEW.KSJT.WI.Y.0012.211224T1600Z-211225T0000Z/
Fisher-Nolan-Haskell-Throckmorton-Jones-Shackelford-Taylor-
Callahan-
Including the cities of Gannon, Sweetwater, Irby, Haskell, 
Throckmorton, Woodson, Stamford, Stith, Anson, Funston, Truby, 
Tuxedo, Hamlin, Albany, Abilene, Clyde, Eula, Dudley, Baird, 
and Cross Plains
303 AM CST Fri Dec 24 2021

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

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Fisher, Nolan, Haskell, Throckmorton, Jones, 
  Shackelford, Taylor and Callahan Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 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...

A Wind Advisory means that winds of 30 to 39 mph with higher
gusts are occurring or expected. Winds this strong can knock down
tree limbs and make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor objects.

&&

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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.