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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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 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.
- 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
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.