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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 2:31 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron 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, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
753 WWUS74 KLCH 192031 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 231 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THURSDAY MORNING. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-200415- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.121220T1500Z-121221T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 231 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
512 WWUS74 KLCH 200348 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 948 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THURSDAY MORNING. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-201215- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.121220T1500Z-121221T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 948 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
231 WWUS74 KLCH 201000 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 400 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED TODAY... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-210000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.121220T1500Z-121221T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 400 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 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. && $$
910 WWUS74 KLCH 201507 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 907 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED TODAY... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. LAZ027>033-TXZ180-201-259>262-210000- /O.EXA.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- TYLER-HARDIN-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON... SILSBEE...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 907 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-210000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 907 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:44 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 50 hr | |
| Dec 19, 3:14 PM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 27 hr | |
| Dec 19, 3:14 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 42 hr | |
| Dec 19, 3:14 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 42 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Louisiana, 2012Wind Advisories in Texas, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.