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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2014, 5:00 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 11, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2014, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2014, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
770 WWUS74 KLCH 111100 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 500 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FROM HIGH ISLAND TO WEST SECTIONS OF VERMILION BAY... .AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN THE GULF, NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE COAST. WINDS ALONG THE COAST FROM AROUND HIGH ISLAND TO AROUND FRESHWATER CITY WILL BE NEAR 20 MPH TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING WIND SPEEDS. LAZ052-073-074-TXZ215-112000- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.140211T1200Z-140211T2000Z/ VERMILION-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...HACKBERRY... HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR 500 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SUNRISE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...AROUND 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTIES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 9:28 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 35 hr | |
| Feb 10, 11:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 8 days |
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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.