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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

February 16, 2008Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2008, 7:18 PM CST for Edwards County, Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2008, 7:18 PM CST (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2008, 10:44 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-17Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 170118
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
718 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...
AND KINNEY COUNTIES...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT AS A STRONG STORMS SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS TEXAS THIS EVENING.

TXZ183-184-202-170600-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.080217T0118Z-080217T0600Z/
VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-KINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...BRACKETTVILLE
718 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAVE
DEVELOPED DUE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS TEXAS
THIS EVENING. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TO 15 TO
20 MPH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.

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 170444
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1044 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

TXZ183-184-202-170545-
/O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080217T0600Z/
VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-KINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...BRACKETTVILLE
1044 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED THE LAST HOUR AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 6:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop23 min
Feb 16, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales23 min
Feb 16, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt25 min
Feb 16, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt24 min
Feb 17, 12:36 PM CSTWind AdvisoryEWXKinney, Maverick, Val Verde3 hr
Feb 17, 12:40 PM CSTRed Flag WarningEWXAtascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina and 3 more3 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.