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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 15, 200712 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Aug 15, 2007, 9:49 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 16, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2007, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 16, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 16, 2007, 7:42 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Medina County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 829 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
829 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KEWX 160249
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
949 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM TROPICAL STORM ERIN LIKELY TO REACH
SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
EVENING...

.EXPECT GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH
ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL
BEND BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO THE GONZALES
AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD
BEGIN TO DECREASE TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS THE TROPICAL STORM
WEAKENS OVER LAND.

TXZ204-205-207-218>225-228-170300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.070816T1200Z-070817T0300Z/
MEDINA-BEXAR-GUADALUPE-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-
GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...SEGUIN...
CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...
KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
949 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT
THURSDAY. 

GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN...
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR CORPUS CRISTI LATE
THURSDAY MORNING. 

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...BUT A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH COULD DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS
OF ATASCOSA...KARNES...AND DEWITT COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
FARTHER AWAY FROM THE PROJECTED TRACK OF ERIN...WINDS OCCASIONALLY
GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE HALLETTSVILLE...
GONZALES...SAN ANTONIO...HONDO...AND CARRIZO SPRINGS AREAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KEWX 160935
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
435 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH FROM TROPICAL STORM ERIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.EXPECT WINDS NEAR 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 TO 35 MPH
ACROSS SOUTHEAST PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS THE
TROPICAL STORM WEAKENS OVER LAND.

TXZ204-205-207-218-219-221-223-228-161045-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.070816T1200Z-070817T0300Z/
MEDINA-BEXAR-GUADALUPE-ZAVALA-FRIO-WILSON-GONZALES-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...SEGUIN...
CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...FLORESVILLE...GONZALES...
CARRIZO SPRINGS
435 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

EASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 25 MPH IS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH
THE EVENING...BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

TXZ220-222-224-225-161745-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.070816T1200Z-070817T0300Z/
ATASCOSA-KARNES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...KARNES CITY...CUERO...
HALLETTSVILLE
435 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 TO 35 MPH...
MAY DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...OVER PARTS OF ATASCOSA...
KARNES...DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES. TROPICAL STORM ERIN IS
FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE COASTAL BEND TO THE SOUTHERN PARTS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KEWX 161242
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
742 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
HAS BEEN CANCELED...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS COASTAL
BEND THIS MORNING TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL 
TEXAS TODAY. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO 
WEAKEN...AS IT MOVES INLAND.

TXZ220-222-224-225-161345-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070817T0300Z/
ATASCOSA-KARNES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...KARNES CITY...CUERO...
HALLETTSVILLE
742 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND
THIS MORNING TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY.
THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...AS IT MOVES
INLAND.  

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr
Aug 16, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Lee3 hr
Aug 16, 8:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr
Aug 16, 11:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Wilson4 hr
Aug 16, 12:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes3 hr
Aug 16, 2:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina3 hr
Aug 16, 3:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Guadalupe4 hr
Aug 16, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina4 hr
Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca3 hr
Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar4 days
Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar, Wilson4 days
Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKarnes6 days
Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKarnes3 days
Aug 16, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Kerr6 hr
Aug 16, 4:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina6 hr
Aug 16, 5:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXMedina17 hr
Aug 16, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKendall34 min
Aug 16, 5:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Hays6 hr
Aug 16, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal, Uvalde6 hr
Aug 16, 6:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar4 hr
Aug 16, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Guadalupe6 hr

Nearby

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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.