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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 41 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.