Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2008, 3:23 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 16, 2008, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2008, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2008, 2:34 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Real County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 454 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KEWX 160923 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 323 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS 10 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. TXZ183>185-202-217-161730- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.080216T1600Z-080217T0100Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY-MAVERICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... BRACKETTVILLE...EAGLE PASS 323 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW 25 MPH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KEWX 162034 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 234 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. TXZ183>185-202-217-162145- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080217T0100Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY-MAVERICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... BRACKETTVILLE...EAGLE PASS 234 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 18 min |
| Feb 16, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee, Williamson | 15 min |
| Feb 16, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 49 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.