Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 5, 2008, 3:31 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 9:38 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2008, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2008, 9:38 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 7:00 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 09:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 3716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 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 050931 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 331 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN MEXICO INTO TEXAS TODAY. STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH EXPECTED. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>219-228-060100- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS 331 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. 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. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KEWX 051538 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 938 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN MEXICO INTO TEXAS TODAY. STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH EXPECTED. TXZ193-194-207>209-220>225-060100- /O.EXB.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.080205T2000Z-080206T0100Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES- GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SEGUIN... LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY... GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE 938 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>219-228-060100- /O.CON.KEWX.WI.Y.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...CARRIZO SPRINGS 938 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 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. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 18 min |
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.