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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Dec 18, 2016, 10:05 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas; 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2016, 10:05 AM CST (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
079 WWUS74 KLCH 181605 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1005 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT... .AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE FORECASTED TO PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVER MOST INLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS TO NEAR INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LAZ041-052-073-074-TXZ215-216-182300- /O.CON.KLCH.FZ.W.0004.161219T0700Z-161219T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161218T2200Z/ CALCASIEU-VERMILION-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...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 1005 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...30 TO 32 DEGREES FOR 4 TO 8 HOURS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. TENDER VEGETATION SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS TONIGHT. 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. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TXZ201-182300- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0021.161218T1605Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.FZ.W.0004.161219T0700Z-161219T1500Z/ HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE 1005 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...29 TO 30 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 6 TO 8 HOURS. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. TENDER VEGETATION SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ LAZ027-028-030-031-TXZ180-259>262-181800- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0021.161218T1605Z-161218T1800Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-TYLER-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...TOWN BLUFF...FRED... HILLISTER...IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN...WOODVILLE... HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE...FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN... NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL...GIST...BUNA...EVADALE... DEWEYVILLE 1005 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... 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. && $$ LAZ029-032-033-181800- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AVOYELLES-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE 1005 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAZ042>045-053>055-182200- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161218T2200Z/ JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT... RICHARD...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE 1005 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. TRASH CANS AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 4:20 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LCH | Hardin | 29 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Dec 18, 4:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 35 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.