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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 22, 2010, 10:48 PM CST for Tyler County, Texas; Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 23, 2010, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010, 10:48 PM CST (04:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2010, 4:35 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Tyler County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Fort Polk, LA | PUBLIC REPORTS A RAIN/SLEET/SNOW MIX BEGINNING TO OCCUR NEAR FT POLK. |
| Feb 23, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Woodville, TX | TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS SNOW FROM 10 TO 11 PM...WITH NO ACCUMULATION IN TOWN. REPORTS OF LIGHT ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF TYLER COUNTY. |
| Feb 23, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Colmesneil, TX | TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH ACROSS NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY MAINLY NORTH OF WOODVILLE. |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Woodville, TX | TYLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW IN WOODVILLE BUT ALL HAD MELTED BY THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 N Colmesneil, TX | KFDM-TV RELAYED REPORT FROM VIEWER OF 2 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR BOOGER HILL NORTH OF COLMESNEIL. |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Chester, TX | TYLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 287 NEAR CHESTER ICED OVER THIS MORNING. NO OTHER ROAD PROBLEMS REPORTED. |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Rockland, TX | TYLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN ROCKLAND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252 WWUS44 KLCH 230448 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1048 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...LATE SEASON SNOW LIKELY OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... .A MID TO UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PROGRESSING ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WILL FORM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WHICH WILL LEAD TO LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER ACROSS THE REGION AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING NORTH OF US-190. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW NORTH OF I-10...WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ON ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF US 190. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES OF LATE...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MELT FAIRLY SOON ON GRASSY SURFACES...AND MELT UPON IMPACT ON AREA ROADWAYS. THE SNOW WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAZ027>029-TXZ180>182-231400- /O.UPG.KLCH.WS.A.0001.100224T0000Z-100224T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WS.W.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON 1048 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER TWO INCHES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND NORTHERN VERNON...RAPIDES...AND AVOYELLES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PARISHES/COUNTIES LISTED. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT INITIALLY. HOWEVER...ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND BRIDGES COULD ICE OVER AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR 30 DEGREES AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ LAZ030>033-TXZ201-231400- /O.UPG.KLCH.WS.A.0001.100224T0000Z-100224T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE... OPELOUSAS...LUMBERTON 1048 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER TWO INCHES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY NORTH OF US-190. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. HOWEVER...ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND BRIDGES COULD ICE OVER AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR 32 DEGREES NEAR SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ041>045-TXZ215-216-231400- /O.NEW.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1048 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER TWO INCHES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES OF 0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL CANAL TO I-10. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. WITH TEMPERATURS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED ON ROAD AND ELEVATED SURFACES SOUTH OF I-10. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
033 WWUS44 KLCH 231127 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 527 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...LATE SEASON SNOW LIKELY OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... .A MID TO UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PROGRESSING ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WILL FORM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WHICH WILL LEAD TO LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER ACROSS THE REGION AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT... RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING NORTH OF US-190. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW NORTH OF I-10...WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ON ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF US 190. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES OF LATE...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MELT FAIRLY SOON ON GRASSY SURFACES...AND MELT UPON IMPACT ON AREA ROADWAYS. THE SNOW WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAZ027>029-TXZ180>182-231700- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON 527 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND NORTHERN VERNON...RAPIDES...AND AVOYELLES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PARISHES/COUNTIES LISTED. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT INITIALLY. HOWEVER...ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND BRIDGES COULD ICE OVER AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR 30 DEGREES AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ LAZ030>033-041>045-TXZ201-215-216-231700- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE... OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE... ST. MARTINVILLE...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 527 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF US-190...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH EXPECTED ON ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL CANAL TO I-10. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED ON ROAD AND ELEVATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 13
106 WWUS44 KLCH 231643 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1043 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...LATE SEASON SNOW LIKELY OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... .A MID TO UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PROGRESSING ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WILL FORM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WHICH WILL LEAD TO LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER ACROSS THE REGION AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT... RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEFORE SUNSET...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT NORTH OF US-190. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW NORTH OF I-10...WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ON ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF US 190. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES OF LATE...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MELT FAIRLY SOON ON GRASSY SURFACES...AND MELT UPON IMPACT ON AREA ROADWAYS. THE SNOW WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAZ027>029-240045- /O.CAN.KLCH.WS.W.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE 1043 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN AROUND SUNSET...THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED ON ROAD AND ELEVATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ180>182-240045- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON 1043 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING...ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A TOLEDO BEND TO WOODVILLE LINE OF AROUND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT INITIALLY. HOWEVER...ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND BRIDGES COULD ICE OVER AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ LAZ030>033-041>045-TXZ201-215-216-240045- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE... OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE... ST. MARTINVILLE...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1043 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN BY MIDNIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH AIR TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE FREEZING...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED ON ROAD AND ELEVATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
966 WWUS44 KLCH 232117 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 317 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...LATE SEASON SNOW LIKELY OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS...COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE BUILDS IN. THE RESULT WILL BE LIGHT RAIN BECOMING MIXED WITH OR CHANGING TOTALLY OVER TO LIGHT SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND OVERNIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ACROSS UPPER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AS THIS AREA WILL SEE LOWER SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE STEADY SNOW FALL FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES OF LATE...MOST OF THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES...WITH THE SNOW LIKELY TO MELT FAIRLY SOON ON GRASSY SURFACES...AND MELT UPON IMPACT ON AREA ROADWAYS. THE SNOW WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. TXZ180>182-240600- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON 317 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BEFORE SUNSET...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A TOLEDO BEND TO WOODVILLE LINE OF AROUND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT INITIALLY. HOWEVER...ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND BRIDGES COULD ICE OVER AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ LAZ030>033-041>045-TXZ201-215-216-240600- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE... OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE... ST. MARTINVILLE...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 317 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN BY MIDNIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH AIR TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE FREEZING...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH... MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED ON ROAD AND ELEVATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ027>029-240600- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.100224T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE 317 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH RIGHT AT FREEZING IN SOME SPOTS AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS MAY CAUSE ISOLATED ICY SPOTS ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RUA
125 WWUS44 KLCH 240309 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 909 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...LATE SEASON SNOW LIKELY OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. A WITH COLD AIR FILTERING IN AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE BUILDS IN. THE RESULT WILL BE LIGHT RAIN BECOMING MIXED WITH OR CHANGING TOTALLY OVER TO LIGHT SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND OVERNIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ACROSS UPPER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AS THIS AREA WILL SEE LOWER SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE STEADY SNOW FALL FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES OF LATE... MOST OF THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES...WITH THE SNOW LIKELY TO MELT FAIRLY SOON ON GRASSY SURFACES...AND MELT UPON IMPACT ON AREA ROADWAYS. THE SNOW WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. TXZ180>182-241500- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON 909 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS MIXING WITH THE RAIN ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING...AND EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A TOLEDO BEND TO WOODVILLE LINE OF AROUND 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 2.5 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES ...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT INITIALLY. HOWEVER...ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND BRIDGES COULD ICE OVER AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ LAZ030>033-041>045-TXZ201-215-216-241500- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE... OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE... ST. MARTINVILLE...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 909 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN BY MIDNIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK...ENDING JUST AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH AIR TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE FREEZING...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH OR LESS...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED ON ROAD AND ELEVATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ027>029-241500- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE 909 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL LIKELY MELT SHORTLY AFTER IT FALLS. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH RIGHT AT FREEZING IN SOME SPOTS AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS MAY CAUSE ISOLATED ICY SPOTS ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
118 WWUS44 KLCH 241035 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 435 AM CST WED FEB 24 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLACK ICE CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED... .THE ONCOMING COLDER AIR IS LAGGING THE DEPARTING PRECIPITATION AS THE CLIPPER TYPE UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVES THROUGH. DRIER AIR IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. RADARS OUT OF HOUSTON AND FORT POLK ARE INDICATING PRECIPITATION IS TAPERING OFF OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND HAS ENDED UPSTREAM. TXZ180>182-241145- /O.CAN.KLCH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON 435 AM CST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ201-215-216-241145- /O.CAN.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100224T1500Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...LUMBERTON... BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 435 AM CST WED FEB 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ SWEENEY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 22, 6:31 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:31 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
631 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010
.AVIATION...
CANADIAN COLD FRONT IS SLIPPING DOWN INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
BRINGING LOWER CEILINGS TO THE REGION AND IFR/MVFR EXPECTED THRU
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 318 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010/
SYNOPSIS...
THE CANADIAN FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH THE
GULF OF MEXICO. A GREAT PLAINS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD SOUTH
THROUGH TEXAS IN WAKE OF DEPARTED FRONT.
THE CANADIAN FRONT WILL SLOW TO A HALT NEAR THE MIDSECTION OF THE
GULF OF MEXICO. PRESSURES WILL FALL ON THE STALLED FRONTAL SURFACE
VICINITY BROWNSVILLE. A GULF LOW ENSUES...WITH LARGE DIFFERENCES
-IN-PRESSURE AND CONSEQUENT BLUE NORTHERS DEVELOPING OVER THE
WESTERN GULF COAST STATES.
FURTHER-UP...A LOW-INDEX WAVE PATTERN DESCRIBES THE MIDLATITUDE
WESTERLIES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES...A RIDGE OVER THE
GREAT BASIN AND A TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN THIRD. AN EMBEDDED
SHORTWAVE WILL EMANATE OUT OF THE GRAND CANYON AREA...BEFORE
ROTATING EASTWARD THROUGH TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY.
DISCUSSION...
FOR TONIGHT...WEAK ADVECTIVE COOLING WILL PREVAIL AS HIGH PRESSURE
BECOMES MORE DISTINCT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THE OVERNIGHT MINIMUMS
WILL BE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
BY TUESDAY...THE SOUTH-TEXAS HIGH PRESSURE CELL...LOOSELY CONTAINED
WITHIN THE MORE EXTENSIVE GREAT PLAINS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM...
WILL SEPARATE EASTWARD...REACHING THE SOUTHEAST-LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS
BY EARLY EVENING TUESDAY.
SOUTHERLY WINDS (ITS ASSOCIATED CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION) ALONG THE
WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH-PRESSURE CELL WILL CARRY GULF AIR
POLEWARD. THE RETURNING GULF AIR SATURATES UPON UPSLIDING THE
CANADIAN AIR. THE WARM CONVEYOR BELT AIRSTREAM IS SETTING UP.
THE TRAVELING GRAND CANYON SHORTWAVE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AUGMENT THE
GENTLE LIFT ATTENDING THE WARM CONVEYOR BELT. AN OVERRUNNING RAIN
SCENARIO WILL FOLLOW...WITH CHILLY RAIN FALLING THROUGH THE CANADIAN
AIR MASS.
BY TUESDAY EVENING...THE ONGOING RAIN WILL WET-BULB COOL THE SURFACE
LAYER...INITIATING A TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW. A CRITICAL VARIABLE
EXAMINED IN ASSESSING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SNOW IS THE STRENGTH OF THE
ICE MULTIPLICATION (OR SPLINTERING) PROCESS.
THE SPLINTERING ZONE (A SATURATED LAYER WITH WET BULBS AROUND MINUS
4 DEG C...PLUS/MINUS 3 C DEG) IS BEST REVEALED IN THE SATURATED
850-700 PARTIAL THICKNESS LAYER. MESO-SYNOPTIC LIFT (ATTENDING THE
GRAND-CANYON SHORTWAVE) WILL GREATLY AID IN THE ICE MULTIPLICATION
PROCESS. RISING SUPER-COOLED LIQUID WATER DROPS WILL COLLIDE WITH
RIMING ICE HABITS WHICH FREE FALL THROUGH A SUBFREEZING ATMOSPHERE
..AND SPLINTER. THE NUMBER OF ICE PARTICLES GREATLY INCREASES...ITS
CHANCES OF REACHING THE NEAR FREEZING GROUND INCREASES AS WELL.
THE GFS SUGGESTS THAT THE SNOW MAY REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST.
AT PRESENT...BELIEVE THAT THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
LIMITED TO THE PINEY HILLS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE LAKES REGION
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
HOWEVER...REMAIN UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE I-10 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND LAKE CHARLES.
MARINE...
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BY TUESDAY
EVENING...AS A GULF LOW FORMS JUST OFFSHORE BROWNSVILLE. THE ACTUAL
TIDES WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT BELOW NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY...AS
NORTHERLY WINDS OPPOSE THE INCOMING FLOOD TIDE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 42 54 33 52 33 / 10 60 70 10 0
KBPT 43 53 33 52 34 / 10 60 70 10 0
KAEX 42 49 32 49 29 / 10 60 70 10 0
KLFT 42 55 35 52 32 / 10 20 70 20 0
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ALLEN...AVOYELLES...
BEAUREGARD...EVANGELINE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...VERNON.
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON...
TYLER.
GM...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 6:04 AM CST, 16 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 604 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-231215- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD- ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA- LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 604 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AREAS OF RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. AS THIS SYSTEM DRAWS IN COLDER AIR FROM THE NORTH...THE RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OVER THE EAST TEXAS LAKES INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY EVENING...THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A WOODVILLE TO BURKEVILLE LINE OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A THICKET TO ALEXANDRIA LINE. TO THE SOUTH OF THESE AREAS...PRECIPITATION TYPE BECOMES MUCH MORE UNCERTAIN...THOUGH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 22, 8:46 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
846 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM HAIL 5 SSW OAKDALE 30.75N 92.69W
02/21/2010 E0.88 INCH ALLEN LA PUBLIC
ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0720 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 61 S RUTHERFORD BEACH 28.91N 93.30W
02/21/2010 E45.00 MPH GMZ472 XX PUBLIC
PLATFORM IN WEST CAMERON BLOCK 368 REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS 40-45 MPH.
0800 PM HAIL FRANKLIN 29.80N 91.51W
02/21/2010 E2.50 INCH ST. MARY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
POLICE DEPT REPORTS WINDOWS BROKEN FROM HAIL.
0802 PM HAIL FRANKLIN 29.80N 91.51W
02/21/2010 E2.50 INCH ST. MARY LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS NUMEROUS WINDOWS BUSTED OUT FROM TENNIS
BALL SIZE HAIL.
0803 PM HAIL FRANKLIN 29.80N 91.51W
02/21/2010 E1.75 INCH ST. MARY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DEPT REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
0806 PM HAIL FRANKLIN 29.80N 91.51W
02/21/2010 E1.75 INCH ST. MARY LA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE DEPT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE.
1050 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 46 S BURNS POINT 28.91N 91.46W
02/21/2010 E45.00 MPH GMZ475 XX PUBLIC
PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED BY PLATFORM IN EUGENE
ISLAND BLOCK 142.
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LANDRENEAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LCH | Hardin | 30 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:30 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 33 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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