Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 8:01 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:39 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:35 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 27 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.