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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2012, 3:40 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 6:30 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2012, 6:30 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:34 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 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
- 122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
919 WWUS74 KLCH 240940 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 340 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-241800- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.120224T1500Z-120224T2200Z/ 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 340 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY 9 AM THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE LIMBS AND WEAK TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
467 WWUS74 KLCH 241230 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 630 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-242200- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.120224T1230Z-120224T2200Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 630 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT AND PERSIST THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE LIMBS AND WEAK TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
166 WWUS74 KLCH 242134 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 334 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINDS ARE DIMINISHING OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND WITH THE LOSS OF MIXING DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING, WINDS HAVE ALL BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THOSE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITHIN THE HOUR. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-242245- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120224T2200Z/ 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 334 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS NEAR COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITHIN THE HOUR. $$ SWEENEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:11 PM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 22 hr | |
| Feb 23, 8:11 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 37 hr | |
| Feb 24, 5:57 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 36 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.