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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 29, 2024Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this high wind warning at May 29, 2024, 1:47 AM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 73 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2024, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 2024-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

083 
WWUS74 KEWX 290647
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
147 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

TXZ173-290800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.HW.W.0002.240529T0647Z-240529T0800Z/
Williamson-
Including the cities of Georgetown
147 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Southeast winds gusting in excess of 60 mph.

* WHERE...Williamson County.

* WHEN...Until 3 AM CDT early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees 
and branches. Remain in the lower levels of your home during the 
windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree 
limbs. Use caution if you must drive.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
532 
WWUS74 KEWX 290735
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
235 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

TXZ173-290845-
/O.EXP.KEWX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240529T0800Z/
Williamson-
Including the cities of Georgetown
235 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

$$

TXZ193-194-290900-
/O.NEW.KEWX.HW.W.0003.240529T0735Z-240529T0900Z/
Bastrop-Lee-
Including the cities of Bastrop and Giddings
235 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Southeast wind gusts up to 60 mph on the back edge of an 
  exiting rain system.

* WHERE...Bastrop and Lee Counties.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees 
and branches. Remain in the lower levels of your home during the 
windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree 
limbs. Use caution if you must drive.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMaverick47 min
May 28, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick, Zavala53 min
May 28, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina46 min
May 28, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards44 min
May 28, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real45 min
May 28, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala52 min
May 28, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina48 min
May 28, 8:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards2 hr
May 28, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKerr, Real50 min
May 28, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr40 min
May 28, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Kerr46 min
May 28, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr46 min
May 28, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera45 min
May 28, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall46 min
May 28, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal, Guadalupe39 min
May 28, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson47 min
May 29, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lee and 2 more67 min
May 29, 12:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde14 hr
May 29, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Gonzales, Travis, Williamson53 min
May 29, 2:35 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningEWXBastrop, Lee35 min
May 29, 3:10 AM CDTWind AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee3 hr

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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.