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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2011, 4:16 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 8:00 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, Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
356 WWUS74 KLCH 040916 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 416 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.... .WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH AND GUSTY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS MAKING IT'S WAY THROUGH NORTH TEXAS AT THIS TIME. THIS LATEST FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THROUGH SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICKUP BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS WILL START TO DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041730- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.110404T1400Z-110405T0100Z/ 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-JASPER- NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 416 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH AND GUSTY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS MAKING IT'S WAY THROUGH NORTH TEXAS AT THIS TIME. THIS LATEST FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THROUGH SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICKUP BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS WILL START TO DIE DOWN AFTER 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
850 WWUS74 KLCH 041616 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1116 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.... .WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH AND GUSTY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-050100- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110405T0100Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER- NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1116 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS SOUTH AT 20 MPH AND GUSTY SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUSTING TO 30 MPH AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ SWEENEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Gale Watch | LCH | 14 hr | |
| Apr 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 35 hr | |
| Apr 4, 9:59 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LCH | 13 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 3:21 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 19 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 22 min |
| Apr 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 32 min |
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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.