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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2015, 11:51 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2015, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 17:52 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, 5.9 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
- 1603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
990 WWUS74 KLCH 221751 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1151 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS A SURFACE LOW BEGINS TO DEEPEN AND MIGRATE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO... .A VIGOROUS SURFACE LOW MOVING UP THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COASTLINE WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND BRING WITH IT INCREASING WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-230200- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0002.150122T1751Z-150123T0600Z/ 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 1151 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO REMAIN ELEVATED UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR TO THE COAST. * * IMPACTS...STRONG EAST AND THEN NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG ROADWAYS MAKING TWO HANDED DRIVING A MUST. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS RV'S...MOTORHOMES...AND TRAILER RIGS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
644 WWUS74 KLCH 230145 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUING THIS EVENING... .A VIGOROUS SURFACE LOW MOVING UP THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COASTLINE WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND BRING WITH IT WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DECREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-230600- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0600Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT... LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH... CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 745 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...ELEVATED WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FROM THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR TO THE COAST. * IMPACTS...STRONG EAST AND THEN NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG ROADWAYS MAKING TWO HANDED DRIVING A MUST. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS RV'S...MOTORHOMES...AND TRAILER RIGS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 9:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 9 days |
| Jan 22, 2:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 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.