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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 1:47 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 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, 7.8 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906 WWUS74 KLCH 071947 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 147 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .PRESSURES CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS WEST TEXAS...CREATING LARGE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE THE RESULT. LAZ027-030-031-041-042-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-080000- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.120307T1947Z-120308T0000Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...DE RIDDER... OAKDALE...KINDER...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH... LAKE ARTHUR...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER... WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT... PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER... KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 147 PM CST WED MAR 7 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. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY MOTORING ON ROADS RUNNING WEST TO EAST. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
582 WWUS74 KLCH 072015 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 215 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .PRESSURES CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS WEST TEXAS...CREATING LARGE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE THE RESULT. LAZ028-029-032-033-043>045-052>055-080000- /O.EXA.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE... BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...VILLE PLATTE... MAMOU...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE 215 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY MOTORING ON ROADS RUNNING WEST TO EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ LAZ027-030-031-041-042-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-080000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...DE RIDDER... OAKDALE...KINDER...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH... LAKE ARTHUR...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER... WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT... PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER... KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 215 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY MOTORING ON ROADS RUNNING WEST TO EAST. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:58 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 31 hr |
Nearby
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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.