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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at May 27, 2016, 12:06 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2016, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 2178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted.
824 WWUS74 KLCH 271706 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1206 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOWER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LAZ041-042-073-074-TXZ215-216-272100- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0015.160527T1706Z-160527T2100Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY... JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS... SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 1206 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS CAN ALSO 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. && $$ RUA
1 follow-up statement
769 WWUS74 KLCH 272033 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 333 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOWER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS THE LOW WEAKENS. LAZ041-042-073-074-TXZ215-216-272300- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160527T2300Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY... JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS... SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 333 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS CAN ALSO TOSS AROUND UNSECURED ITEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RUA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Tyler | 52 min |
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 60 min |
| May 27, 5:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 59 min |
| May 27, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 59 min |
| May 27, 6:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 57 min |
| May 27, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 58 min |
| May 27, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 20 days |
| May 27, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 41 min |
| May 27, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| May 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 60 min |
| May 27, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 67 min |
| May 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 55 min |
| May 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| May 27, 12:09 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 9 hr | |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more | 61 min |
| May 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| May 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| May 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 86 min | |
| May 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more | 60 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.