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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2016, 3:06 PM CST for 8 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
919 WWUS74 KLCH 212106 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 306 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CROSSING INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA WILL PULL A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN ITS WAKE...THEN LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING WITH THE APPROACH OF HIGH PRESSURE. LAZ028-029-031>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262- 220600- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.160122T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU- JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION- IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE... BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...OAKDALE...KINDER... VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES... SULPHUR...JENNINGS...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... CAMERON...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 306 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THEN LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH...20 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE COAST...WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...VEHICLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SUDDEN GUSTS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 25
3 follow-up statements
915 WWUS74 KLCH 220328 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 928 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND A BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHWEST...WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS INTO FRIDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLES OVER THE REGION AND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. LAZ028-029-031>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262- 221400- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU- JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION- IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE... BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...OAKDALE...KINDER... VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES... SULPHUR...JENNINGS...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... CAMERON...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 928 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...VEHICLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SUDDEN GUSTS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. LOOSE LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
178 WWUS74 KLCH 221005 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 405 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND A BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHWEST...WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS INTO FRIDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLES OVER THE REGION AND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. LAZ028-029-031>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262- 222100- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU- JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION- IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE... BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...OAKDALE...KINDER... VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES... SULPHUR...JENNINGS...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... CAMERON...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 405 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...VEHICLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SUDDEN GUSTS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. LOOSE LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
538 WWUS74 KLCH 221756 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1156 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY THIS EVENING AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLES OVER THE REGION. LAZ028-029-031-032-TXZ201-261-262-221900- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE... BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...OAKDALE...KINDER... VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 1156 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-222300- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2300Z/ 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...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... CAMERON...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 1156 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...VEHICLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AS SUDDEN GUSTS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. LOOSE LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 9:19 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 60 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:40 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 48 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:40 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 53 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 4:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 5:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 21 min |
| Jan 21, 5:32 AM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 34 hr | |
| Jan 21, 5:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Grant | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 6:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 53 min |
| Jan 21, 6:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 12:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 1:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 2:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 14 min |
| Jan 21, 2:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 2:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 2:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 2:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 42 min | |
| Jan 21, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 4:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 4:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 32 min | |
| Jan 21, 5:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 34 min | |
| Jan 21, 12:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 12:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 12:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 19 min |
| Jan 21, 12:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Sabine | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 1:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 2:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 33 min |
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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.