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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 27, 202415 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2024, 2:44 AM CST for 15 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2024, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2024, 2:44 AM CST (08:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2024, 7:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 27, 2024, 8:41 PM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2024-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1050 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2024-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 11:46 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH24 hr
Feb 27, 3:23 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH57 hr

Nearby

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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.