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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 24, 20084 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jul 24, 2008, 12:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2008, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Dimmit County, TX, Frio County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2008-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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 2008-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KEWX 241741
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1241 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...STRONG WINDS FROM TROPICAL STORM DOLLY EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.DOLLY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION
TRACKS WEST FROM NEAR LAREDO INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. NORTH OF THIS
CENTER OF CIRCULATION OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...STRONG WINDS
WILL BLOW MAINLY FROM THE EAST AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD
FALL TO BELOW 20 MPH BY THIS EVENING.

TXZ217>219-228-242300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0016.080724T1741Z-080724T2300Z/
MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...
CARRIZO SPRINGS
1241 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPECT EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A QUEMADO TO DERBY LINE THROUGH 6 PM. WINDS
SHOULD DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY 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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KEWX 242305
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
605 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION DOLLY CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AWAY
FROM THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 15 MPH
WITH SOME GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

TXZ217>219-228-250015-
/O.EXP.KEWX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080724T2300Z/
MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...PEARSALL...
CARRIZO SPRINGS
605 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 25 MPH. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXDimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde, Zavala27 hr
Jul 24, 7:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa2 hr
Jul 24, 9:52 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson20 min
Jul 24, 10:14 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson46 min
Jul 24, 11:23 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXLavaca37 min
Jul 24, 11:31 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe44 min
Jul 24, 12:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie and 6 more3 hr
Jul 24, 12:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal3 hr
Jul 24, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Medina29 min
Jul 24, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa3 hr
Jul 24, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Kendall, Kerr, Medina36 min
Jul 24, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar21 min
Jul 24, 2:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Burnet, Fayette, Lee, Llano, Travis and 1 more4 hr
Jul 24, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr and 2 more3 hr
Jul 24, 3:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal3 hr
Jul 24, 4:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXCaldwell, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca and 1 more117 min
Jul 24, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe, Wilson37 min
Jul 24, 6:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXCaldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe119 min
Jul 24, 6:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more2 hr
Jul 24, 6:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXComal116 min

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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.