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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 3, 2008Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this high wind warning at Mar 3, 2008, 2:21 PM CST for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2008, 2:21 PM CST (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 8:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-03-03Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -153 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 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 032021
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
221 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL
8 PM CST...

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... 

.A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
TODAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE INCREASED BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH AROUND 8 PM. WINDS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY
WILL BLOW AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND THEREFORE A HIGH
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY.

TXZ183-040200-
/O.UPG.KEWX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080304T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KEWX.HW.W.0001.080303T2021Z-080304T0200Z/
VAL VERDE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DEL RIO
221 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND
55 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER
THIS EVENING TO LESS THAN 15 MPH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH FOR ONE
HOUR WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL LEAD
TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ171>173-184>194-202>209-217>225-228-040200-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080304T0200Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-
KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-
COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-
WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
221 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND
45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE
THIS EVENING TO LESS THAN 15 MPH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR THOSE
DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST
ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON MONDAY.

$$

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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.