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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at May 30, 2011, 3:33 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It took effect at May 30, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2011, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
611 WWUS74 KLCH 300833 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 333 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...QUITE BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL HELP PRODUCE VERY BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BY MID-MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. TXZ180>182-201-215-216-302300- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.110530T1500Z-110530T2300Z/ TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON... LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 333 AM CDT MON MAY 30 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. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ RUA
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.