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Lake Wind Advisory 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 24, 20124 states

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 24, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 25, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
All 48 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, McCurtain County, OK, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

080 
WWUS74 KSHV 242100
NPWSHV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
400 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM WEDNESDAY
FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251000-
/O.NEW.KSHV.LW.Y.0021.120425T1500Z-120426T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
400 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* EVENT...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
  PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL RESULT IN STRONG
  SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST
  ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL
  LOUISIANA. 

* TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING.

* IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP AND WHITE CAPS ON
  OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES. THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS
  WILL AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND CAN
  DISPLACE LIGHT WEIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
990 
WWUS74 KSHV 250922
NPWSHV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
422 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY FOR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-260000-
/O.CON.KSHV.LW.Y.0021.120425T1500Z-120426T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
422 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* EVENT...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 
  PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL RESULT IN STRONG 
  SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST 
  ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL 
  LOUISIANA. 

* TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH 
  GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. 

* IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP AND WHITE CAPS ON 
  OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES. THE STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS 
  WILL AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND CAN 
  DISPLACE LIGHT WEIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

&&

$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.