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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2016, 7:35 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2016, 7:35 AM CDT (12:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 12:35 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, 0.6 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
792 WWUS74 KLCH 301235 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 735 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN TODAY WITH WINDS INCREASING FROM THE INTERACTION BETWEEN AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-302045- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.160330T1235Z-160331T0000Z/ 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...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 735 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...8 AM THROUGH 7 PM * 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. && $$ K. KUYPER
3 follow-up statements
881 WWUS74 KLCH 302003 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 303 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-310000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE... BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK... BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...CAMERON...BEAUMONT... PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 303 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...8 AM THROUGH 7 PM * WINDS...SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS. STRONG WINDS CAN TOSS AROUND UNSECURED ITEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 25
278 WWUS74 KLCH 302254 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 554 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-310300- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0300Z/ 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...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 554 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM * WINDS...SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 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. && $$
143 WWUS74 KLCH 310216 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 916 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LAZ044-045-052>055-310500- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0500Z/ LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE... ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY... FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE 916 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT * WINDS...SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS. STRONG WINDS CAN TOSS AROUND UNSECURED ITEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAZ041>043-073-074-TXZ215-216-310330- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0300Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON- JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...HACKBERRY... CAMERON...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 916 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM * WINDS...SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 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 30, 3:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 21 hr | |
| Mar 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Pointe Coupee | 13 min |
| Mar 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 48 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.