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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2016, 3:15 PM CST for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2016, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
415 WWUS74 KLCH 282115 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 315 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY... .DENSE FOG IS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SOUTHERLIES ADVANCE WARM AND MOIST GULF AIR NORTHWARD OVER THE RELATIVE COOLER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT ADVANCING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-291200- /O.NEW.KLCH.FG.Y.0027.161229T0300Z-161229T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0022.161229T1500Z-161229T2200Z/ 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...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 315 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD 1 MILE OR LESS. OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1/4 MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
330 WWUS74 KLCH 282310 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 510 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY... .DENSE FOG IS DEVELOPING AS SOUTHERLIES ADVANCE WARM AND MOIST GULF AIR NORTHWARD OVER THE RELATIVE COOLER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT ADVANCING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-291400- /O.EXT.KLCH.FG.Y.0027.161228T2310Z-161229T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0022.161229T1500Z-161229T2200Z/ 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...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 510 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD 1 MILE OR LESS. OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1/4 MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. 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. && $$
335 WWUS74 KLCH 290956 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 356 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF TODAY... .DENSE FOG WHICH DEVELOPED WEDNESDAY NIGHT HAS DISSIPATED...AND THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELED. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT ADVANCING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-291800- /O.CAN.KLCH.FG.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-161229T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0022.161229T1500Z-161229T2200Z/ 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...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 356 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$ 25
308 WWUS74 KLCH 291635 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1035 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF TODAY... . STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF OUR LATEST FRONTAL PASSAGE... LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-292200- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-161229T2200Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY... JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY... RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT...RICHARD...LAFAYETTE... BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX...FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON... BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS... SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 1035 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 12:45 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 17 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:15 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 13 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:33 PM CST | Gale Watch | LCH | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:33 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 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.