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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2012, 5:19 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 25, 2012, 7:28 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2012, 5:19 AM CST (11:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2012, 7:28 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
198 WWUS74 KLCH 251119 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 519 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...SEA FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND IS MOVING INLAND THIS MORNING... ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON, BUT MAINLY FROM THE COAST TO 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND.... LAZ052>055-073-074-TXZ215-252100- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.120125T1600Z-120125T2100Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.FG.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120125T1400Z/ VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA... STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON... GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR 519 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE COASTAL AREAS TO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE PARISHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COASTAL PARISHES AND COUNTIES THROUGH SUNRISE. INCREASING WINDS WILL MIX OUT THE FOG AS SUNRISE APPROACHES. * IMPACTS...MOTORIST ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING AS VISIBILITIES MAY VARY GREATLY OVER A SHORT DISTANCE AND BECOME HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN... ALLOW FOR EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE... AND USE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS. STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. 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. && $$ LAZ041>045-TXZ216-252100- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.120125T1600Z-120125T2100Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ORANGE...VIDOR... BRIDGE CITY 519 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE COASTAL AREAS TO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE PARISHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
841 WWUS74 KLCH 251328 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 728 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... BUT MAINLY FROM THE COAST TO 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND.... LAZ073-074-TXZ215-252200- /O.CAN.KLCH.FG.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120125T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.120125T1328Z-120125T2200Z/ WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON... GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR 728 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE COASTAL AREAS TO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE PARISHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ LAZ052>055-252200- /O.CAN.KLCH.FG.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120125T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.120125T1600Z-120125T2200Z/ VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA... STEPHENSVILLE 728 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE COASTAL AREAS TO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE PARISHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ LAZ041-TXZ216-252200- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.120125T1328Z-120125T2200Z/ CALCASIEU-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 728 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE COASTAL AREAS TO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE PARISHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ LAZ042>045-252200- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.120125T1600Z-120125T2200Z/ JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENNINGS...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR... CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE... ST. MARTINVILLE 728 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE COASTAL AREAS TO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND. THIS INCLUDES ALL THE PARISHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
605 WWUS74 KLCH 252128 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 328 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... BUT MAINLY FROM THE COAST TO 30 TO 40 MILES INLAND.... TXZ215-216-252230- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120125T2200Z/ JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 328 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BEHIND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-260000- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120126T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER 328 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. * TIMING...ELEVATED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ RUA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:38 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 5 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:44 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Saint Martin | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 1:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 54 min |
| Jan 25, 1:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Jan 25, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 29 min |
| Jan 25, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 32 min |
| Jan 25, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 54 min |
| Jan 25, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Jan 25, 3:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| Jan 25, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jan 25, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 35 min |
| Jan 25, 4:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Jan 25, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 7 more | 54 min |
| Jan 25, 4:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 112 min |
| Jan 25, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 34 min |
| Jan 25, 5:00 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Jan 25, 5:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 55 min |
| Jan 25, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more | 57 min |
| Jan 25, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 12 min |
| Jan 25, 5:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Jan 25, 10:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 57 min |
| Jan 25, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 59 min |
| Jan 25, 12:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 25 min |
| Jan 25, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 2:18 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 117 min |
| Jan 25, 3:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 3 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.