Alert archive / Louisiana / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2018, 10:37 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2018, 10:37 AM CST (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 16:35 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, 4.6 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
- 1458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.0
The text
As transmitted.
571 WWUS74 KLCH 211637 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1037 AM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...Wind advisory in effect... .A tight pressure gradient across the region will result in strong and gusty southerly winds through the remainder of the morning and afternoon.. LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-220000- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.180221T1637Z-180222T0000Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron- East Cameron- 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, and Rutherford Beach 1037 AM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * TIMING...Late morning and afternoon. * WINDS...Sustained 15 to 25 mph with gusts up 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
730 WWUS74 KLCH 211818 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1218 PM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...Wind advisory in effect... .A tight pressure gradient across the region will result in strong and gusty southerly winds through the remainder of the morning and afternoon.. TXZ215-216-220000- /O.EXA.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-180222T0000Z/ Jefferson-Orange- Including the cities of Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City 1218 PM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * TIMING...Late morning and afternoon. * WINDS...Sustained 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 20 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-220000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-180222T0000Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron- East Cameron- 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, and Rutherford Beach 1218 PM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Late morning and afternoon. * WINDS...Sustained 15 to 25 mph with gusts up 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 28 min |
| Feb 21, 8:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 31 min |
| Feb 21, 9:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Feb 21, 9:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 36 min |
| Feb 21, 9:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 15 min |
| Feb 21, 10:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 8 days |
| Feb 21, 10:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 14 days |
| Feb 21, 10:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 65 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 10:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 8 days |
| Feb 21, 11:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 69 days |
| Feb 21, 2:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 8:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 6 days |
| Feb 21, 11:43 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 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.