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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 14, 20259 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2025, 9:45 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 15, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2025, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 310 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 2025-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1631 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 2025-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
8.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH17 hr
Mar 15, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon13 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.