Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 48 min |
| May 7, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 23 min |
| May 7, 6:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Bandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick and 5 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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.