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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this high wind watch at Mar 2, 2025, 9:31 AM CST for 16 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 4, 2025, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2025, 9:31 AM CST (15:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2025, 12:28 PM CST
- In force
- 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, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Mar 2, 5:07 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Dry but pleasant conditions will continue through the weekend
- Winds will begin to strengthen on Monday with increasing humidity ahead of the next front with a few showers possible
- Strong storm system to bring strong winds and the potential for severe weather on Mardi Gras
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:07 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 507 AM CST Sun Mar 2 2025 ...New UPDATE, AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... - Dry but pleasant conditions will continue through the weekend - Winds will begin to strengthen on Monday with increasing humidity ahead of the next front with a few showers possible - Strong storm system to bring strong winds and the potential for severe weather on Mardi Gras && .UPDATE... Issued at 505 AM CST Sun Mar 2 2025 While working on the aviation grids did do an update to the Tuesday wind grids to continue increasing the values up a bit. && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Tuesday night) Issued at 251 AM CST Sun Mar 2 2025 Dry conditions will continue today as a wave begins to move across the central plains. This wave is forecast to weaken as it reaches our area tonight into Monday. That said there may be enough moisture return for a few showers/sprinkles Monday. Winds will also start to increase by late in the day as the next stronger wave begins to cross the Rockies and induces low pressure development. As this system continues to approach Monday night into Fat Tuesday winds look to increase substantially with the ECMWF EFI signaling a strong wind event. While explicit forecast values this forecast will be mainly in the 35 to 45 MPH range probabilistic guidance does show high probabilities to exceed 50 plus MPH for a time on Tuesday. The next few shifts will need to contemplate a high wind watch across much of the area if guidance continues to hold. The threat for severe thunderstorms continues to hold fairly steady across the area for Tuesday. Looking a model soundings the main limiting factor may be the lack of insolation to limit the warming of the lower levels of the atmosphere. Still capping inversion early does erode due to upper levels cooling. The kinematic parameters are quit strong with a strong jet max crossing into the area and very favorable hodographs for strong winds and tornadoes. The good news the threat for severe thunderstorms will end in the late afternoon and evening as a cold front moves through rather quickly. This will also limit the rainfall amounts due to the rapid movement. That said the marginal risk (1 out of 4) was extended slightly south as heavy rates may induce some quick urban flooding. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through Sunday) Issued at 251 AM CST Sun Mar 2 2025 Briefly cooler and dry across the region after the frontal passage Wednesday through Friday. The next weather feature will begin to move in late Friday and could begin to produce a few showers, however at this time activity looks to peak Saturday and could linger into as late as Saturday. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 505 AM CST Sun Mar 2 2025 VFR conditions expected at all terminals this forecast period. Mainly a wind forecast at KBPT and KLCH with some gustiness expected through the day. && .MARINE... Issued at 251 AM CST Sun Mar 2 2025 Modest offshore flow will veer more easterly and strengthen Today. Exercise caution headlines continue through the day as winds are expected to increase from east to west. Winds will remain elevated and winds become southeasterly on Monday, and exercise caution or advisory hazards may be needed. Winds will become much stronger and gusty from Monday into Tuesday as a strong low pressure system develops across the plains. The strong onshore flow will persist until passage of a cold front during the day Tuesday, with winds becoming westerly then northwesterly through midweek. The front will be accompanied by scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 69 47 72 60 / 0 10 20 20 LCH 71 52 74 64 / 0 0 10 20 LFT 72 49 75 63 / 0 0 0 20 BPT 72 57 75 64 / 0 0 10 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...None. TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...27 LONG TERM....27 AVIATION...27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:10 PM CST | Gale Watch | LCH | 22 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:10 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 39 hr | |
| Mar 2, 9:31 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 27 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.