Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2022
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2022, 12:51 PM CST for 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2022, 12:51 PM CST (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2022, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 25 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
713 WWUS74 KEWX 121851 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1251 PM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-122300- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.220212T1851Z-220212T2300Z/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco- Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell- Fayette-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop, Giddings, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, Lockhart, La Grange, Pearsall, Pleasanton, Floresville, Karnes City, Gonzales, Cuero, and Hallettsville 1251 PM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...North winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to near 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of south central Texas. * WHEN...Until 5 PM CST this afternoon. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
897 WWUS74 KEWX 122301 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 501 PM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-130015- /O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-220212T2300Z/ Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco- Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell- Fayette-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca- Including the cities of Llano, Burnet, Georgetown, Kerrville, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Blanco, San Marcos, Austin, Bastrop, Giddings, Hondo, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, Lockhart, La Grange, Pearsall, Pleasanton, Floresville, Karnes City, Gonzales, Cuero, and Hallettsville 501 PM CST Sat Feb 12 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... Winds are on the decrease and all stations are reporting wind speeds below Wind Advisory criteria. We will allow the Advisory to expire at the top of the hour. Winds will gust up to 30 to 35 mph for another hour or two. $$
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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.