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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 4, 2009Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this freeze warning at Dec 4, 2009, 2:34 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 4, 2009, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2009, 2:34 AM CST (08:34 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 4, 2009, 10:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 5, 2009, 8:00 AM CST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Dec 3, 11:19 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 11:19 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 5:13 AM CST, 21 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 3, 9:32 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more	25 hr
Dec 3, 9:32 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	25 hr
Dec 3, 9:55 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		35 hr
Dec 4, 2:34 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more	29 hr
Dec 4, 2:34 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH		12 hr
Dec 4, 2:47 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		12 hr
Dec 4, 4:34 AM CST	Gale Warning	LCH		18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2009 Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every freeze warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.