Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 12, 2008, 3:48 PM CST for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 3:45 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 3:45 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 3251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 122148 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 348 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SOUTH ESCARPMENT AND ADJACENT COUNTIES TO THE EAST FROM 12 NOON TO 4 PM CST... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS INTO WESTERN TEXAS WILL FUNNEL 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS. TXZ191>193-206>208-130930- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0021.081213T1800Z-081213T2200Z/ HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART 348 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS INTO WESTERN TEXAS WILL FUNNEL 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KEWX 130945 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 345 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM CST... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS INTO WESTERN TEXAS WILL FUNNEL 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. TXZ172-173-190-205-221>224-132300- /O.EXB.KEWX.WI.Y.0021.081213T1700Z-081213T2300Z/ BURNET-WILLIAMSON-BLANCO-BEXAR-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...BLANCO... SAN ANTONIO...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO 345 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS INTO WESTERN TEXAS WILL FUNNEL 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ TXZ191>193-206>208-132300- /O.EXT.KEWX.WI.Y.0021.081213T1700Z-081213T2300Z/ HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART 345 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS INTO WESTERN TEXAS WILL FUNNEL 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 35 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. $$
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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.