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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2011, 3:19 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2011, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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, 8.3 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
- 1168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
624 WWUS74 KLCH 100819 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 319 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...GULF BREEZES WILL FRESHEN THIS AFTERNOON... .AN APPROACHING TEXAS COLD FRONT WILL CREATE LARGE DIFFERENCES- IN-PRESSURE ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES AND I-10 PRAIRIES. FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE THE RESULT. LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ201-215-216-102300- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.110410T1500Z-110410T2300Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 319 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AN APPROACHING TEXAS COLD FRONT WILL CREATE LARGE DIFFERENCES- IN-PRESSURE ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES AND I-10 PRAIRIES. FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
314 WWUS74 KLCH 101459 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 959 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...GULF BREEZES WILL FRESHEN THIS AFTERNOON... .AN APPROACHING TEXAS COLD FRONT WILL CREATE LARGE DIFFERENCES- IN-PRESSURE ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES AND I-10 PRAIRIES. FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE THE RESULT. TXZ201-101600- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.110410T1500Z-110410T2300Z/ HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUMBERTON 959 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THE SUSTAINED WINDS LOOK TO FALL JUST SHORT OF WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ LAZ028-029-031>033-102300- /O.EXA.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.110410T1500Z-110410T2300Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...OAKDALE... VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS 959 AM CDT SUN APR 10 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. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-102300- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.110410T1500Z-110410T2300Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 959 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE FORECAST ARE ONGOING...OR FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
947 WWUS74 KLCH 101756 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1256 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...GULF BREEZES WILL FRESHEN THIS AFTERNOON... .AN APPROACHING TEXAS COLD FRONT WILL CREATE LARGE DIFFERENCES- IN-PRESSURE ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES AND I-10 PRAIRIES. FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE THE RESULT. LAZ027-030-TXZ180>182-201-102300- /O.EXA.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110410T2300Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...DERIDDER...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON 1256 PM CDT SUN APR 10 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. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ LAZ028-029-031>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-102300- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110410T2300Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU- JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...OAKDALE... VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1256 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 7 hr | |
| Apr 10, 2:50 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 16 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.