Alert archive / Louisiana / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2011, 4:03 AM CST for Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 7, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2011, 4:03 AM CST (10:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
County Saint Bernard Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
751 WWUS74 KLIX 071003 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 403 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING... .A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH THE MID-GULF REGION THIS MORNING. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THAT WILL BRING VERY DRY AIR ALOFT DOWN TO THE GROUND. COUPLED WITH DAYTIME HEATING THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS 25 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS MORNING. THE GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AT SUNSET AS AIR TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL. LAZ059>070-071815- /O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0003.110207T1600Z-110208T0000Z/ UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE... DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS... BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE... CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW... PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 403 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. GUSTS 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY AFTER 10 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS WILL BE MOST REALIZED OVER LARGE OPEN AREAS...ON ELEVATED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS AND RIVER CROSSINGS...AND NEAR TALL BUILDINGS...PARTICULARLY IN THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA. IN ADDITION...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS FOR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 24/RR
1 follow-up statement
822 WWUS74 KLIX 072137 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 337 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...LIGHT FREEZE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT FOR METRO NEW ORLEANS AND THE RIVER PARISHES... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING VERY DRY AIR ALOFT DOWN TO THE GROUND. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AT SUNSET AS AIR TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO COOL THROUGH THE NIGHT...RESULTING IN A LIGHT FREEZE FOR METRO NEW ORLEANS AND THE RIVER PARISHES LATE TONIGHT. LAZ059>065-080545- /O.NEW.KLIX.FZ.A.0001.110208T0900Z-110208T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE... DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS... BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE 337 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. GUSTS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. IMPACTS WILL BE MOST REALIZED OVER LARGE OPEN AREAS...ON ELEVATED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS AND RIVER CROSSINGS...AND NEAR TALL BUILDINGS...PARTICULARLY IN THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA. IN ADDITION...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS FOR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. A LIGHT FREEZE WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES DUE TO CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM BACK ABOVE FREEZING BY MID-MORNING TOMORROW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ LAZ066>070-080000- /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 337 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. GUSTS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. IMPACTS WILL BE MOST REALIZED OVER LARGE OPEN AREAS...ON ELEVATED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS AND RIVER CROSSINGS...AND NEAR TALL BUILDINGS...PARTICULARLY IN THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA. IN ADDITION...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS FOR FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAZ056>058-080545- /O.NEW.KLIX.FZ.A.0001.110208T0900Z-110208T1500Z/ ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE 337 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MID-MORNING TOMORROW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 49 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:04 AM CST | Gale Warning | LIX | 14 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:04 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 7, 7:54 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 4 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:37 PM CST | Freeze Watch | LIX | Assumption, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 6 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.