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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2011, 11:59 AM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 5:56 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
046 WWUS74 KLCH 241759 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1159 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... .WINDS HAVE PICKED UP TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-250000- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.110224T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ 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 1159 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE PICKED UP TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. 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. && $$ LAZ027-030-031-TXZ180>182-201-250000- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.110224T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...DERIDDER...OAKDALE... WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON 1159 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE PICKED UP TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATER COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
198 WWUS74 KLCH 242356 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 556 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 LAZ027-030-031-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-250100- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-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...DERIDDER...OAKDALE... LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE... CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 556 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:34 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 13 hr | |
| Feb 24, 10:11 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 108 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.