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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Oct 31, 2013, 9:13 AM CDT for 7 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 31, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2013, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2013, 3:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643 WWUS74 KLCH 311413 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 913 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TODAY AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. LAZ030>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-312215- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0021.131031T1500Z-131101T0000Z/ BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER... VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...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...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...BUNA... DEWEYVILLE 913 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING... UNTIL 7 PM * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...LARGE SLAB SIDED VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION OVER AREA BRIDGES. LOOSE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS MAY BE TO TOSSED AROUND. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
430 WWUS74 KLCH 312053 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 353 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... . WINDS HAVE DIED OFF THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE. LAZ030>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-312200- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131101T0000Z/ BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER... VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES... SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...BUNA... DEWEYVILLE 353 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIED OFF THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 8:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 22 min |
| Oct 31, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon | 53 min |
| Oct 31, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Oct 31, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 89 min | |
| Oct 31, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 13 min |
| Oct 31, 10:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 33 min |
| Oct 31, 10:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 35 min |
| Oct 31, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 59 min |
| Oct 31, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 4 days |
| Oct 31, 11:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 37 min |
| Oct 31, 11:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 34 min |
| Oct 31, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 60 min |
| Oct 31, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 97 min | |
| Oct 31, 12:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 40 min |
| Oct 31, 12:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 18 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 23 min |
| Oct 31, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 58 min |
| Oct 31, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 82 min | |
| Oct 31, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 56 min |
| Oct 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Oct 31, 4:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 2 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 63 min |
| Oct 31, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 58 min |
| Oct 31, 7:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange | 2 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 12 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 10 days |
| Oct 31, 8:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 63 min |
| Oct 31, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 8 min |
| Oct 31, 9:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 34 min |
| Oct 31, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 57 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 8 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.