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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
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. && $$ 29
1 follow-up statement
532 WWUS74 KEWX 290735 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 235 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024 TXZ173-290845- /O.EXP.KEWX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240529T0800Z/ Williamson- Including the cities of Georgetown 235 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ 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. && $$ 29
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 53 min |
| May 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 46 min |
| May 28, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 44 min |
| May 28, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 45 min |
| May 28, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 52 min |
| May 28, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 48 min |
| May 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards | 2 hr |
| May 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr, Real | 50 min |
| May 28, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 40 min |
| May 28, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 46 min |
| May 28, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 46 min |
| May 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 45 min |
| May 28, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall | 46 min |
| May 28, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 39 min |
| May 28, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 47 min |
| May 29, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lee and 2 more | 67 min |
| May 29, 12:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 14 hr |
| May 29, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Gonzales, Travis, Williamson | 53 min |
| May 29, 2:35 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 35 min |
| May 29, 3:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee | 3 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.