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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at May 19, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 19, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 09:14 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WWUS74 KLCH 190914 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 414 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL PICKUP THIS MORNING AND BLOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX THIS EVENING AS THE SUN BEGINS TO SET. LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-191715- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0016.110519T1500Z-110519T2300Z/ 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 414 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY... FROM THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND A LOW OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
739 WWUS74 KLCH 191555 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1055 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX THIS EVENING AS THE SUN BEGINS TO SET. LAZ043>045-191700- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110519T2300Z/ ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE 1055 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE STILL FORECAST FOR TODAY...BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ LAZ041-042-051>055-TXZ215-216-200000- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110520T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR... ORANGE 1055 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY...FROM THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND A LOW OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. 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. && $$ 13
202 WWUS74 KLCH 192054 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 354 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM... .MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING AS THE REGION REMAINS CAUGHT BETWEEN A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. LAZ041-042-051>055-TXZ215-216-200000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110520T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR... ORANGE 354 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ 13
797 WWUS74 KLCH 200000 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 700 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND SPEEDS DECREASING BELOW THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD... .PRESSURES ARE SLOWLY RISING ACROSS WEST TEXAS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE LARGE DIFFERENCES-IN-PRESSURE...FOUND ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES AND I-10 PRAIRIES...ARE DECREASING IN MAGNITUDE. THE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE DECREASING IN RESPONSE. LAZ041-042-051>055-TXZ215-216-200100- /O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110520T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR... ORANGE 700 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$
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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.