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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2011, 3:27 PM CST for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 9, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2011, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622 WWUS74 KLCH 082127 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 327 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... .A LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. AS A RESULT WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PARISHES OF SOUTHERN LOUSIANA. WINDS WINDS WILL TAPER OFF BELOW CRITERIA GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THIS REGION. LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-090530- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.110109T1200Z-110110T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 327 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES FOR TOMORROW AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED NEAR 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF TOMORROW EVENING AS THE MOVE MOVES EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
829 WWUS74 KLCH 082154 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 354 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE OFF THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. AS A RESULT WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PARISHES OF SOUTHERN LOUSIANA. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF BELOW CRITERIA GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THIS REGION. LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-090600- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.110109T1200Z-110110T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 354 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES FOR TOMORROW AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED NEAR 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF TOMORROW EVENING AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
810 WWUS74 KLCH 090439 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1039 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE OFF THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. AS A RESULT WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PARISHES OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF BELOW CRITERIA GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THIS REGION. LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-091200- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.110109T1200Z-110110T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1039 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES FOR TOMORROW AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED NEAR 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF TOMORROW EVENING AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ 13
867 WWUS74 KLCH 091201 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 601 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE UP THE TEXAS COAST AND ACROSS THE LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS. AS A RESULT WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PARISHES OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF BELOW CRITERIA GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THIS REGION. LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-092215- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 601 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES FOR TOMORROW AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED NEAR 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF TOMORROW EVENING AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ SWEENEY
478 WWUS74 KLCH 092122 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 322 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE I-10 CORRIDOR SOUTH TO THE COAST... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST MONDAY FOR COUNTIES IN THE LAKE REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND AND PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI BY THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST WINDS WILL BEGIN THE TAPER OFF AND BECOME MORE NORTHERLY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BROUGHT IN FROM THE NORTH AND WILL SPREAD AS FAR SOUTH AS TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO ST LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LAZ027>033-TXZ180>182-201-100530- /O.NEW.KLCH.FZ.W.0003.110110T0700Z-110110T1400Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON 322 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST MONDAY. COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE GULF. THE RESULT WILL BE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1 AM IN SOME LOCATIONS BUT WILL SPREAD OUT DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PLANTS BY COVERING THEM OR BRINGING THEM INSIDE. ALSO...PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED OR MOVED INDOORS. BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. SPACE HEATERS NEED TO BE KEPT 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED. && $$ LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-100000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 322 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI BY THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST WINDS WILL BEGIN THE TAPER OFF AND BECOME MORE NORTHERLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
465 WWUS74 KLCH 100002 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 602 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST MONDAY FOR COUNTIES IN THE LAKE REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND AND PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-100115- /O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 602 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ LAZ027>033-TXZ180>182-201-100600- /O.CON.KLCH.FZ.W.0003.110110T0700Z-110110T1400Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON 602 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST MONDAY. COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE GULF. THE RESULT WILL BE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AROUND 1 AM IN SOME LOCATIONS BUT WILL SPREAD OUT DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PLANTS BY COVERING THEM OR BRINGING THEM INSIDE. ALSO...PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED OR MOVED INDOORS. BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. SPACE HEATERS NEED TO BE KEPT 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED. && $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:50 PM CST | Gale Watch | LCH | 11 hr | |
| Jan 8, 5:41 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 36 hr | |
| Jan 8, 5:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 36 hr | |
| Jan 8, 9:50 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 42 hr | |
| Jan 8, 9:50 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | LCH | 13 hr | |
| Jan 8, 3:48 PM CST | Coastal Flood Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 18 min |
| Jan 8, 3:48 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | Saint Martin | 26 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.