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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2016, 3:42 AM CDT for 7 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 19, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2016, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
041 WWUS74 KLCH 190842 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 342 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO TIGHTEN TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING AND A ROBUST RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE PLAINS STATES. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA BY MID MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH WILL REMAIN GUSTY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. LAZ029-031>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-191700- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.160319T1200Z-160319T2300Z/ 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...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT... SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE... BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK... BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...CAMERON...BEAUMONT... PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 342 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED AND ELEVATED 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. && $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
143 WWUS74 KLCH 191506 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1006 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO TIGHTEN TODAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT AND A ROBUST RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE PLAINS STATES. NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH WILL REMAIN GUSTY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. LAZ029-031>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-192300- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160319T2300Z/ AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT... SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE... BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK... BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...CAMERON...BEAUMONT... PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 1006 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS. STRONG WINDS CAN TOSS AROUND UNSECURED ITEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 62 min |
| Mar 18, 8:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 62 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Assumption | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 50 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.