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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2014, 11:12 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2014, 11:12 AM CST (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388 WWUS74 KLCH 141712 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA IS TIGHTENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION...DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO BE TRANSPORTED DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-150000- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.140214T1712Z-140215T0000Z/ ST. LANDRY-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...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...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR... ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY 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. && $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
961 WWUS74 KLCH 142120 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 320 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA REMAINS TIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPORTED DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE...FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-150000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140215T0000Z/ ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES... SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR... ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 320 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 4:52 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron | 4 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.