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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 23, 2016Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana; Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2016, 11:25 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana; Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2016, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

140 
WWUS74 KLCH 231625
NPWLCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1125 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT...

.A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY.

LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-232300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.160323T1625Z-160323T2300Z/
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...LUMBERTON...
SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...
BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
1125 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH 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.

&&

$$

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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.