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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2014, 4:20 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2014, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2014, 3:00 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 10:20 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, 10.3 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
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
747 WWUS74 KLCH 211020 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 420 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A COLD FRONT WHICH PASSED THE REGION THIS MORNING AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD FROM THE PLAINS STATES WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH...THEN LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL FINALLY BEGIN RELAXING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH BUILDS FURTHER SOUTHWARD OVER THE AREA. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-211800- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.140121T1200Z-140121T2100Z/ 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 420 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE THEN LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 MPH OR GREATER...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER THAN OVER LAND...MAKING SMALL BOATS ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. 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. && $$ 25
1 follow-up statement
250 WWUS74 KLCH 211534 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 934 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A COLD FRONT WHICH PASSED THE REGION THIS MORNING AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD FROM THE PLAINS STATES WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH...THEN LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL FINALLY BEGIN RELAXING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH BUILDS FURTHER SOUTHWARD OVER THE AREA. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-212000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T2100Z/ 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 934 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE THEN LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 MPH OR GREATER...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER THAN OVER LAND...MAKING SMALL BOATS ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. 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. && $$
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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.