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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2018, 3:37 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 6, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2018, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
809 WWUS74 KLCH 060837 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 337 AM CDT Fri Apr 6 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .Winds will increase ahead of an approaching area of low pressure this afternoon. South winds generally south of Interstate 10 may become sustained at 20 MPH for a few hours during the afternoon. Higher gusts can be expected. LAZ041>044-052>054-073-074-TXZ215-216-062300- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.180406T1800Z-180407T0000Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Vermilion-Iberia- St. Mary-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, 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, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City 337 AM CDT Fri Apr 6 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...1 PM to 7 PM today. * WINDS...around 20 MPH with higher gusts. * IMPACTS...Loose lawn objects will be blown around. Travel may become difficult, especially for high profile vehicles, on east west roadways and bridges. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
310 WWUS74 KLCH 061951 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 251 PM CDT Fri Apr 6 2018 ...VERY BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .An area of low pressure over north central Texas will keep a tight pressure gradient over portions of the region this afternoon. This will allow for breezy and gusty south winds for along the interstate 10 corridor south to the coast. Sustained wind speeds will be around 20 mph with gusts to near 30 mph until sunset. LAZ041>044-052>054-073-074-TXZ215-216-070000- /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180407T0000Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Vermilion-Iberia- St. Mary-West Cameron-East Cameron-Jefferson-Orange- Including the cities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, Hathaway, Jennings, Topsy, Roanoke, Welsh, Lake Arthur, Crowley, Rayne, Branch, Church Point, Richard, Lafayette, Abbeville, Intracoastal City, Meaux, Forked Island, Kaplan, New Iberia, Morgan City, Burns Point, Centerville, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Grand Lake, Klondike, Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, Rutherford Beach, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, Sea Rim State Park, Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City 251 PM CDT Fri Apr 6 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...through 7 PM. * WINDS...sustained 20 to 25 MPH with gusts to near 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Loose lawn objects will be blown around. Travel may become difficult, especially for high profile vehicles, on east west roadways and bridges. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 20 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Rua
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 52 min |
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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.