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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Oct 16, 2021, 9:28 AM CDT 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
- Oct 16, 2021, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- 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 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
027 WWUS74 KLCH 161428 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 928 AM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021 LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-162100- /O.NEW.KLCH.WI.Y.0012.211016T1428Z-211016T2100Z/ 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 928 AM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Louisiana. * WHEN...Until 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. && $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
861 WWUS74 KLCH 162056 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 356 PM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021 LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-162200- /O.EXP.KLCH.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-211016T2100Z/ Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron- East Cameron- Including the cities of Lake Charles, Sulphur, Hathaway, Jennings, Topsy, Roanoke, Welsh, Lake Arthur, Crowley, Rayne, Branch, Church Point, Richard, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Cade, St. Martinville, Abbeville, Intracoastal City, Meaux, Forked Island, Kaplan, New Iberia, Morgan City, Burns Point, Centerville, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Stephensville, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, Grand Lake, Klondike, Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, and Rutherford Beach 356 PM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... North winds have subsided below advisory criteria, and will continue ease further over the next couple of hours. $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 25 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.