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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2017, 4:10 AM CDT for 6 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2017, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
673 WWUS74 KLCH 240910 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 410 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...ELEVATED AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY BREEZES EXPECTED TODAY... .A low pressure system will move out of the Rockies and across the Southern Plains today. The pressure gradient associated with the low will allow southerly winds to increase by afternoon and become strong and gusty at times. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-242100- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.170324T1500Z-170324T2300Z/ 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 410 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 6 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...From late morning through the afternoon. * WINDS...South sustained 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions for high profile vehicles especially on east-west roadways and on bridges and overpasses. Loose lawn objects along with trash cans will be blown around. 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. && $$ Rua
2 follow-up statements
536 WWUS74 KLCH 241532 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1032 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...ELEVATED AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY BREEZES EXPECTED TODAY... .A low pressure system will move out of the Rockies and across the Southern Plains today. The pressure gradient associated with the low will allow southerly winds to increase by afternoon and become strong and gusty at times. LAZ029-032-033-242300- /O.EXA.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170324T2300Z/ Avoyelles-Evangeline-St. Landry- Including the cities of Effie, Marksville, Bunkie, Cottonport, Simmesport, Mansura, Ville Platte, Beaver, St. Landry, Mamou, Reddell, Lawtell, Opelousas, and Eunice 1032 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...From late morning through the afternoon. * WINDS...South sustained 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions for high profile vehicles especially on east-west roadways and on bridges and overpasses. Loose lawn objects along with trash cans will be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 20 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-242300- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170324T2300Z/ 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 1032 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...From late morning through the afternoon. * WINDS...South sustained 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions for high profile vehicles especially on east-west roadways and on bridges and overpasses. Loose lawn objects along with trash cans will be blown around. 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. && $$
789 WWUS74 KLCH 242014 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 314 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...ELEVATED AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY BREEZES EXPECTED TODAY... .A low pressure system will move out of the Rockies and across the Southern Plains today. The pressure gradient associated with the low will allow southerly winds to increase by afternoon and become strong and gusty at times. LAZ052>054-073-074-TXZ215-250415- /O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170325T0500Z/ Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-West Cameron-East Cameron-Jefferson- Including the cities of Abbeville, Intracoastal City, Meaux, Forked Island, Kaplan, New Iberia, Morgan City, Burns Point, Centerville, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Grand Lake, Klondike, Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, Rutherford Beach, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, and Sea Rim State Park 314 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...From now through midnight. * WINDS...South sustained 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions for high profile vehicles especially on east-west roadways and on bridges and overpasses. Loose lawn objects along with trash cans will be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 20 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ LAZ029-032-033-041>045-055-TXZ216-242300- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170324T2300Z/ Avoyelles-Evangeline-St. Landry-Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia- Lafayette-Upper St. Martin-Lower St. Martin-Orange- Including the cities of Effie, Marksville, Bunkie, Cottonport, Simmesport, Mansura, Ville Platte, Beaver, St. Landry, Mamou, Reddell, Lawtell, Opelousas, Eunice, Lake Charles, Sulphur, Hathaway, Jennings, Topsy, Roanoke, Welsh, Lake Arthur, Crowley, Rayne, Branch, Church Point, Richard, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Cade, St. Martinville, Stephensville, Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City 314 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...From late morning through the afternoon. * WINDS...South sustained 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions for high profile vehicles especially on east-west roadways and on bridges and overpasses. Loose lawn objects along with trash cans will be blown around. 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.