Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Jun 17, 2011, 10:47 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2011, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 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
- 3781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785 WWUS74 KLCH 171547 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1047 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OVER EAST TEXAS TODAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST REGION IS RESULTING IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF TODAY BEFORE SUBSIDING DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TXZ180>182-201-215-216-172300- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0021.110617T1547Z-110617T2300Z/ TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON... LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1047 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 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. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT AROUND 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST TEXAS THE REST OF TODAY. 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. && $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
253 WWUS74 KLCH 172030 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 TXZ180>182-201-215-216-172130- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110617T2300Z/ TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON... LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE GENERALLY SETTLED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO EARLY EVENING. $$ 13
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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.