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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 10, 20168 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2016, 7:04 PM CDT for 8 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2016, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
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

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-381 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

470 
WWUS74 KLCH 110004
NPWLCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
704 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...GUSTY WILL DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND
LOWER PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS HAS PRODUCED 
STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS
EVENING.

LAZ028-029-031>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-110115-
/O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-160411T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0012.160411T0004Z-160411T0100Z/
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-
JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...
MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...
OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER...ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...
REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...
HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...
CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT...RICHARD...LAFAYETTE...
BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...
INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX...FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...
MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...
BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...
JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE...
GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...
SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY
704 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NEXT HOUR.

* WINDS...AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST 
  ROADWAYS. STRONG WINDS CAN TOSS AROUND UNSECURED ITEMS. 

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.

&&

$$

K. KUYPER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen, Evangeline44 min
Apr 11, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon54 min
Apr 11, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides58 min
Apr 11, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry41 min

Nearby

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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.