Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 18, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Sep 12, 2008, 4:36 AM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 12, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2008, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2008, 3:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 21 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KEWX 120936 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 436 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... .HURRICANE IKE WILL MAKE LANDFALL ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE OF IKE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IKE MOVES INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. TXZ171>173-188>192-205>208-220>222-122200- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.080913T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS- BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN... FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY 436 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. HURRICANE IKE WILL MAKE LANDFALL ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE OF IKE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IKE MOVES INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KEWX 122055 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 355 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... .HURRICANE IKE WILL MAKE LANDFALL ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE OF IKE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IKE MOVES INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. TXZ171>173-188>192-205>208-220>222-131000- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.080913T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS- BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN... FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY 355 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... HURRICANE IKE WILL MAKE LANDFALL ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE OF IKE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IKE MOVES INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KEWX 130914 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... .HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE OF IKE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS IKE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. TXZ171-172-188>190-205-206-220>222-131015- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-BEXAR-COMAL-ATASCOSA-WILSON- KARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA RESULTING IN LOWER WIND SPEEDS. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY ARE EXPECTED. $$ TXZ193-223-224-131715- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ BASTROP-GONZALES-DE WITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GONZALES...CUERO 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ TXZ173-191-192-207-208-131715- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... SEGUIN...LOCKHART 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. $$
000 WWUS74 KEWX 130919 CCA NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE OF IKE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS IKE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. TXZ171-172-188>190-205-206-220>222-131015- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-BEXAR-COMAL-ATASCOSA-WILSON- KARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...PLEASANTON... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA RESULTING IN LOWER WIND SPEEDS. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY ARE EXPECTED. $$ TXZ193-223-224-131715- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ BASTROP-GONZALES-DE WITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GONZALES...CUERO 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 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. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ TXZ173-191-192-207-208-131715- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... SEGUIN...LOCKHART 414 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KEWX 131456 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 956 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WINDY CONDITION ON THE EDGE OF IKE WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY THIS EVENING. TXZ191-207-208-223-224-131600- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ HAYS-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-GONZALES-DE WITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART... GONZALES...CUERO 956 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FARTHER AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AS A RESULT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LOWER. HOWEVER, BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS WILL PEAK AROUND 25 AND 30 MPH TODAY. $$ TXZ194-209-225-132300- /O.EXA.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ LEE-FAYETTE-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIDDINGS...LA GRANGE...HALLETTSVILLE 956 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER... WINDY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ TXZ173-192-193-132300- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ WILLIAMSON-TRAVIS-BASTROP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...AUSTIN...BASTROP 956 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER... WINDY CONDITIONS WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$
000 WWUS74 KEWX 132005 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 305 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS CANCELLED... TXZ173-192>194-209-225-132115- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ WILLIAMSON-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-FAYETTE-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...AUSTIN...BASTROP... GIDDINGS...LA GRANGE...HALLETTSVILLE 305 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO WELL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AS IKE CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM THE AREA. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 4:31 AM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee | 29 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.