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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 22, 20214 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Sep 22, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Sep 22, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3626 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
3626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

266 
WWUS74 KLCH 220700
NPWLCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
200 AM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-222100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0011.210922T1500Z-210922T2100Z/
St. Landry-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 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, 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
200 AM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...North winds around 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central and southwest 
  Louisiana and southeast Texas.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 4 PM CDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
666 
WWUS74 KLCH 222052
NPWLCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
352 PM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-222200-
/O.EXT.KLCH.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-210922T2200Z/
St. Landry-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 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, 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
352 PM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central and southwest 
  Louisiana and southeast Texas.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM CDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

13
425 
WWUS74 KLCH 222204
NPWLCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
504 PM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-222315-
/O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-210922T2200Z/
St. Landry-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 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, 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
504 PM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon62 min
Sep 21, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu60 min
Sep 21, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles, Rapides58 min
Sep 21, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry56 min
Sep 21, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin61 min
Sep 21, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion62 min
Sep 21, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin65 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.