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Wind Advisory 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 8, 201613 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2016, 3:32 AM CST for 13 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2016, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 8, 2016, 9:27 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA

Counties Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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735 
WWUS74 KLIX 080932
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
332 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WINDY DAY IN STORE FOR THE REGION...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AND WINDS WILL
PICK UP QUICKLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. COLD AIR MOVING IN ALONG
WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE
WILL LEAD TO RATHER WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX OVER
MOST OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHSHORE ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE LAKE SUSTAINED WINDS COULD
INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE FINALLY WEAKENING JUST PRIOR
TO SUNRISE. 

LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056-057-059-065>067-071-072-MSZ068>071-
077-080>082-081745-
/O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0002.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-WASHINGTON-
ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...
BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...
LAROSE...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...
GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...
PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
332 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...NEAR 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

* DURATION...6 TO 10 HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG ELEVATED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH
  EAST/WEST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAZ058-060>064-068>070-081745-
/O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0002.160208T1500Z-160209T1200Z/
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY
332 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...2O TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

* DURATION...14 TO 20 HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG ELEVATED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH
  EAST/WEST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. IN ADDITION PARADES MAY BE
  IMPACTED THIS EVENING AS SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASE RIGHT ALONG
  THE SOUTHSHORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAB
3 follow-up statements
370 
WWUS74 KLIX 081609
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1009 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WINDY DAY IN STORE FOR THE REGION...

.A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AND WINDS ARE
NOW AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
RELAX OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT FOR PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHSHORE ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE LAKE SUSTAINED WINDS COULD
INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE FINALLY WEAKENING JUST PRIOR
TO SUNRISE.

LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056-057-059-065>067-071-072-MSZ068>071-
077-080>082-090000-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-WASHINGTON-
ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...
BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...
LAROSE...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...
GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...
PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
1009 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NEAR 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH.

* DURATION...6 TO 10 HOURS.

* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG ELEVATED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH 
  EAST/WEST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAZ058-060>064-068>070-090015-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T1200Z/
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY
1009 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

* WINDS...2O TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH.

* DURATION...14 TO 20 HOURS.

* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG ELEVATED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH 
  EAST/WEST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. IN ADDITION PARADES MAY BE 
  IMPACTED THIS EVENING AS SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASE RIGHT ALONG 
  THE SOUTHSHORE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

32
157 
WWUS74 KLIX 082130
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
330 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...

.A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AND WINDS ARE
NOW AROUND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX
OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHSHORE ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE LAKE SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD
REMAIN ABOVE 25 MPH THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE EASING.

LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056-057-059-065>067-071-072-MSZ068>071-
077-080>082-090000-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-WASHINGTON-
ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...
BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...
LAROSE...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...
GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...
PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
330 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NEAR 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG ELEVATED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH 
  EAST/WEST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAZ058-060>064-068>070-090530-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T1200Z/
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY
330 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

* WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG ELEVATED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH
  EAST/WEST HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

32
990 
WWUS74 KLIX 090327
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
927 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

LAZ058-060>064-068>070-090430-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T1200Z/
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY
927 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. BREEZY
CONDITIONS...HOWEVER...CAN STILL BE EXPECTED AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.

$$

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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.