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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 30, 200833 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2008, 1:35 PM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2008, 1:35 PM CST (19:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 31, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 31, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 33 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2008-01-30Temperature 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 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 315 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
383 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 301935
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
135 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST TOMORROW MORNING TO
6 PM CST TOMORROW EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH RAPIDLY THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 
40 MPH.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-010000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0000Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-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...DEL RIO...
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
135 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH RAPIDLY THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED..WITH GUSTS TO
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

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 311029
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
429 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH RAPIDLY THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS MORNING AND BRING MUCH DRIER GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 40 MPH AREA EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT. THE GUSTY WINDS
WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN THE AFTERNOON.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-010000-
/O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0000Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-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...DEL RIO...
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
429 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH RAPIDLY THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS MORNING AND BRING MUCH DRIER GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT. THE GUSTY
WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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. TAKE TIME AND SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH
AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 8:01 PM CSTRed Flag WarningEWXBurnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano and 3 more22 hr
Jan 30, 4:39 AM CSTFire Weather WatchEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more11 hr
Jan 30, 3:35 PM CSTRed Flag WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more27 hr

Nearby

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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.