Alert archive / Louisiana / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2017, 10:42 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2017, 10:42 AM CST (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2017, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 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 16:43 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, 4.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
991 WWUS74 KLCH 021642 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1042 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... .Strong northeasterly flow in the wake of a departing cold front will continue through this afternoon, weakening by this evening as high pressure building in relaxes the pressure gradient. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-022100- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0003.170302T1642Z-170302T2100Z/ 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, Hathaway, Jennings, Topsy, Roanoke, Welsh, Lake Arthur, Crowley, Rayne, Branch, Church Point, Richard, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Cade, St. Martinville, Abbeville, Intracoastal City, Meaux, Forked Island, Kaplan, New Iberia, Morgan City, Burns Point, Centerville, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Stephensville, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Grand Lake, Klondike, Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, Rutherford Beach, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City 1042 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * TIMING...through 3 pm. * WINDS...20 to 25 mph with gusts near 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult boating and driving, especially for high profile vehicles. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
144 WWUS74 KLCH 022108 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 308 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-022215- /O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170302T2100Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron- East Cameron-Jefferson-Orange- Including the cities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, Hathaway, Jennings, Topsy, Roanoke, Welsh, Lake Arthur, Crowley, Rayne, Branch, Church Point, Richard, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Cade, St. Martinville, Abbeville, Intracoastal City, Meaux, Forked Island, Kaplan, New Iberia, Morgan City, Burns Point, Centerville, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Stephensville, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Grand Lake, Klondike, Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, Rutherford Beach, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City 308 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
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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.