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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 1, 2017Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana; Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-04-01Temperature 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 7:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu13 days
Apr 1, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more37 hr
Apr 1, 3:51 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHCameron, Saint Martin33 hr
Apr 1, 4:10 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH35 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.