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Lake Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 29, 20069 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 29, 2006, 5:29 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2006, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2006-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL1000850700500300200100-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2006-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake wind advisory went out at Apr 29, 5:05 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 5:05 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:49 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
449 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-301000-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
449 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GM...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM WEST OF SHREVEPORT TO
WEST OF HOUSTON THIS MORNING WITH TORNADO WATCHES POSTED AT THIS
TIME AS THE LINE MOVES EASTWARD. THERE IS A THREAT THAT SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOS.
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END TONIGHT AS A COOL FRONT SLIPS THROUGH
THE REGION.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE ON TAP FROM TUESDAY ONWARD
INTO NEXT WEEKEND ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER
WITH THESE STORMS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

K. KUYPER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard55 min
Apr 29, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
Apr 29, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu39 min
Apr 29, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH67 min
Apr 29, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu31 min
Apr 29, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides39 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles27 min
Apr 29, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin31 min
Apr 29, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles3 hr
Apr 29, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Tyler57 min
Apr 29, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHTyler49 min
Apr 29, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton63 min
Apr 29, 10:36 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin39 min
Apr 29, 11:15 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin, Jasper30 min
Apr 29, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange24 min

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.