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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Apr 8, 2014, 2:59 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 8, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2014, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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 08:02 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, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS74 KLCH 080759 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 259 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... .A SECONDARY SURGE OF COOLER AIR OVER THE AREA TODAY WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-081600- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0013.140408T1500Z-140409T0000Z/ 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 259 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
332 WWUS74 KLCH 081539 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1039 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COOLER AIR MOVES OVER THE AREA TODAY. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-090000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140409T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 1039 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
877 WWUS74 KLCH 090011 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 711 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PREVAIL INTO THE EVENING HOURS... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES AS WELL AS LOWER ACADIANA UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. LAZ044-045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-090200- /O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140409T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0014.140409T0011Z-140409T0200Z/ LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 711 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH MID-EVENING OR 9 PM LOCAL. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE YARD ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN CHAIRS AND TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. SOME SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. SOME HAZARDOUS DRIVING MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. 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. && $$ LAZ041>043-TXZ216-090115- /O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140409T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 711 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASE SOME TO FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THESE WINDS WILL FURTHER DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. $$ RUA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:28 AM CDT | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 24 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.