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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2011, 9:21 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas; Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2011, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
247 WWUS74 KLCH 221421 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 921 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED FOR TODAY... .FALLING PRESSURES ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL CREATE LARGE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE THE RESULT. LAZ044-045-053>055-221530- /O.EXP.KLCH.FG.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110322T1400Z/ LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY 921 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ LAZ027-030-041-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-222100- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0006.110322T1421Z-110322T2100Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...DERIDDER...LAKE CHARLES... CAMERON...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON... BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 921 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. FALLING PRESSURES ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL CREATE LARGE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE THE RESULT.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 5 hr |
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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.