Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2008, 3:47 AM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 17, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2008, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2008, 3:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 08:46 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, 8.8 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 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 170847 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 347 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST HAS RESULTED IN STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF TEXAS. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-172015- /O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0009.080317T1600Z-080318T0100Z/ 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 347 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST HAS RESULTED IN STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF 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. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KEWX 172033 NPWEWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 333 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...THE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY HAS BEEN CANCELED... .ALTHOUGH BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH HAVE PREVAILED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY..SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE NOT REACHED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LEVELS. AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN WINDS CONTINUING IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-172145- /O.CAN.KEWX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080318T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 333 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH HAVE PREVAILED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY..SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE NOT REACHED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LEVELS. AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN WINDS CONTINUING IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Gillespie and 5 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:34 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 29 min |
| Mar 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 33 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.