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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2014, 12:35 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2014, 12:35 PM CST (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
617 WWUS74 KLCH 201835 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1235 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS IMPACTING THE AREA... .THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS PRODUCING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY RELAX FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 210000- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.140220T1835Z-140221T0000Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...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...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER... KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 1235 PM CST THU FEB 20 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. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 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. && $$ 25
1 follow-up statement
867 WWUS74 KLCH 202102 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 302 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS IMPACTING THE AREA... .THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS PRODUCING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY RELAX FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. LAZ027-030-041-073-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-202215- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-WEST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...DE RIDDER... LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...WOODVILLE... COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR... ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON... BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 302 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ LAZ028-029-031>033-042>045-052>055-074-210000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-EAST CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE... BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...OAKDALE...KINDER... VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...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...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER 302 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 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. && $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 7:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:33 AM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 29 hr | |
| Feb 20, 3:33 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 32 hr | |
| Feb 20, 4:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 61 min |
| Feb 20, 4:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 64 min |
| Feb 20, 5:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 59 min |
| Feb 20, 5:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 54 min |
| Feb 20, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 63 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Louisiana, 2014Wind Advisories in Texas, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014
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.