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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 7, 20088 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at May 7, 2008, 3:08 PM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2008, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.1 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 2008-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 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
165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-443 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 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 072008
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
308 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND
RIO GRANDE PLAINS...

.STRONG WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH 7 PM WEST OF A DRY LINE THAT HAS SWEPT ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

TXZ183>185-202-203-217-218-228-080000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0013.080507T2008Z-080508T0000Z/
VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
CARRIZO SPRINGS
308 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS
NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING.  

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick48 min
May 7, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney23 min
May 7, 6:16 AM CDTRed Flag WarningEWXBandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick and 5 more13 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.