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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2016, 3:11 PM CST for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2016, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2016, 2:58 PM CST
- In force
- 21 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 21:13 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, 9.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
238 WWUS74 KLCH 022111 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 311 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2016 ...STRONG EAST WINDS TONIGHT ALONG THE COAST... .A COASTAL TROUGH OFF THE TEXAS COAST WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT. IN RESPONSE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LAZ052-073-074-TXZ215-031200- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0018.161203T0000Z-161203T1200Z/ VERMILION-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX... FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN...HACKBERRY...JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE... KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE...GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH... BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...SEA RIM STATE PARK 311 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN 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. && $$ RUA
3 follow-up statements
794 WWUS74 KLCH 030926 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 326 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...STRONG EAST WINDS THIS MORNING ALONG THE COAST... .SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. LAZ052-073-074-TXZ215-031800- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/ VERMILION-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX... FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN...HACKBERRY...JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE... KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE...GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH... BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...SEA RIM STATE PARK 326 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH NOON. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
612 WWUS74 KLCH 031531 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 931 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...STRONG EAST WINDS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST AND UP TO THE I-10 CORRIDOR... .SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 PM CST. LAZ041-042-TXZ216-032100- /O.EXB.KLCH.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161203T2100Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY... JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 931 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM CST. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN 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. && $$ LAZ052-073-074-TXZ215-032100- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161203T2100Z/ VERMILION-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX... FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN...HACKBERRY...JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE... KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE...GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH... BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...SEA RIM STATE PARK 931 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM CST. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RUA
614 WWUS74 KLCH 032058 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 258 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY EASED UP THIS AFTERNOON... .A SURFACE WAVE HAS MOVED ACROSS THE COASTAL TROUGH AND HAS DECREASED THE GRADIENT ALLOWING WINDS TO ALSO DECREASE ENOUGH THAT THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER WARRANTED. LAZ041-042-052-073-074-TXZ215-216-032200- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-161203T2100Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-VERMILION-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON- JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY... JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...ABBEVILLE... INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX...FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS... SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 258 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR SOUTH TO THE COAST HAVE DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ RUA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 4:35 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 35 hr | |
| Dec 2, 4:39 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | Cameron | 44 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.