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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059 WWUS74 KLCH 172041 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 341 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SRN LOUISIANA TOMORROW MORNING WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFTER SUNSET BEFORE TAPERING OFF. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-181045- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0024.111018T1500Z-111019T0200Z/ 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-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... CAMERON...HACKBERRY...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA... STEPHENSVILLE...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 341 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TUESDAY MORNING * WINDS...WILL WINDS BECOMING NORTH IN THE WAKE OF AN EARLY MORNING COLD FRONT AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ K. KUYPER
2 follow-up statements
777 WWUS74 KLCH 180905 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 405 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...VERY BLUSTERY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS TODAY WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS BY THE LATE MORNING INTO AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-182100- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0024.111018T1500Z-111019T0200Z/ 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-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... CAMERON...HACKBERRY...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA... STEPHENSVILLE...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 405 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BEGINNING THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THEN BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND NORTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE. 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
891 WWUS74 KLCH 182002 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 302 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...VERY BLUSTERY CONDITIONS CONTINUE... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH WINDS NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS . WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-190200- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111019T0200Z/ 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-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... CAMERON...HACKBERRY...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA... STEPHENSVILLE...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 302 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND NORTH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 11:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 58 hr | |
| Oct 17, 11:48 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 33 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.