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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2017, 3:40 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana; Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2017, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
618 WWUS74 KLCH 012040 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 340 PM CDT Sat Apr 1 2017 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ADVANCES OVER NORTH TEXAS. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-021000- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0006.170402T1500Z-170403T0600Z/ 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, 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, Lumberton, Silsbee, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, Bridge City, Gist, Buna, Evadale, and Deweyville 340 PM CDT Sat Apr 1 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 10 AM Sunday to 1 AM CDT Monday. * WINDS...15 TO 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
004 WWUS74 KLCH 020430 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1130 PM CDT Sat Apr 1 2017 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ADVANCES OVER NORTH TEXAS. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-021300- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0006.170402T1500Z-170403T0600Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron- East Cameron-Hardin-Jefferson-Orange-Southern Jasper- Southern Newton- Including the cities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, Hathaway, Jennings, Topsy, Roanoke, Welsh, Lake Arthur, Crowley, Rayne, Branch, Church Point, Richard, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Cade, St. Martinville, Abbeville, Intracoastal City, Meaux, Forked Island, Kaplan, New Iberia, Morgan City, Burns Point, Centerville, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Stephensville, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Grand Lake, Klondike, Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, Rutherford Beach, Lumberton, Silsbee, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, Bridge City, Gist, Buna, Evadale, and Deweyville 1130 PM CDT Sat Apr 1 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... * WINDS...15 TO 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 20 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
338 WWUS74 KLCH 020957 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 457 AM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 ...Strong and gusty winds will develop today... .Strong and gusty winds will develop across the area today as deepening low pressure advances over north Texas. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-022200- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0006.170402T1500Z-170403T0600Z/ 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, 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, Lumberton, Silsbee, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, Bridge City, Gist, Buna, Evadale, and Deweyville 457 AM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... * WINDS...15 TO 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. 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. && $$
204 WWUS74 KLCH 021545 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1045 AM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 ...Strong and gusty winds will develop today... .Strong and gusty winds will develop across the area today as deepening low pressure advances over north Texas. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-022345- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170403T0600Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron- East Cameron-Hardin-Jefferson-Orange-Southern Jasper- Southern Newton- Including the cities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, Hathaway, Jennings, Topsy, Roanoke, Welsh, Lake Arthur, Crowley, Rayne, Branch, Church Point, Richard, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Cade, St. Martinville, Abbeville, Intracoastal City, Meaux, Forked Island, Kaplan, New Iberia, Morgan City, Burns Point, Centerville, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Stephensville, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Grand Lake, Klondike, Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, Rutherford Beach, Lumberton, Silsbee, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, Bridge City, Gist, Buna, Evadale, and Deweyville 1045 AM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... * WINDS...15 TO 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 20 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
375 WWUS74 KLCH 022051 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 351 PM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 ...Strong and gusty winds will develop today... .Strong and gusty winds will develop across the area today as deepening low pressure advances over north Texas. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-030600- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170403T0600Z/ 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, 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, Lumberton, Silsbee, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, Bridge City, Gist, Buna, Evadale, and Deweyville 351 PM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... * WINDS...15 TO 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. 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 31, 7:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 13 days |
| Apr 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Saint Martin | 33 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:10 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 35 hr |
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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.