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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2011, 1:19 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2011, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 12:00Z, 6.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576 WWUS74 KLCH 251819 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 119 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .THE AREA REMAINS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE AREA AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IS PRODUCING GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-252300- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0019.110525T1819Z-110525T2300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 119 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
430 WWUS74 KLCH 252303 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 603 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-260015- /O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110525T2300Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER- NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 603 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE BELOW 20 MPH AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ RUA
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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.