Alert archive / Louisiana / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this freeze warning at Feb 1, 2011, 1:52 PM CST for Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2011, 1:52 PM CST (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2011, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Saint Martin Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
703 WWUS74 KLCH 011952 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 152 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...ALONG WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S FOR EARLY MORNING LOWS OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR TO THE COAST. LAZ043>045-052-053-020400- /O.CAN.KLCH.FZ.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110202T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KLCH.HZ.W.0006.110202T0200Z-110202T1600Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA 152 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS RAPIDLY ADVANCING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...ALONG WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY A FREEZE IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET TO THE FREEZING MARK OVER ACADIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S OR COLDER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. KEEP SPACE HEATERS AT LEAST 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF ANYTIME YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED OR DRAINED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ LAZ054-055-020400- /O.CAN.KLCH.FZ.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110202T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.FZ.W.0013.110202T0600Z-110202T1600Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORGAN CITY 152 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...ALONG WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY A FREEZE IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET TO THE FREEZING MARK OVER ACADIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PLANTS BY COVERING THEM OR BRINGING THEM INSIDE. ALSO...PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED OR MOVED INDOORS. BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. SPACE HEATERS NEED TO BE KEPT 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ LAZ027>033-041-042-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-020400- /O.EXT.KLCH.HZ.W.0006.110202T0200Z-110202T1600Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-CAMERON-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CAMERON...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON... BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 152 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...ALONG WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET FROM AROUND 20 FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO THE THE MID 20S FOR EARLY MORNING LOWS OVER INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR FROM BEAUMONT AND LAKE CHARLES TO JENNINGS AND SOUTH TO THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S OR COLDER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. KEEP SPACE HEATERS AT LEAST 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF ANYTIME YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED OR DRAINED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
591 WWUS74 KLCH 020400 NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1000 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL INTO THE REGION... .VERY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLIER TODAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE ALREADY IN THE UPPER 20S. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. LAZ054-055-021100- /O.CAN.KLCH.FZ.W.0013.110202T0600Z-110202T1600Z/ /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KLCH.HZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T1600Z/ ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORGAN CITY 1000 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH THE HARD FREEZE WARNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING AND DROP TO THE MID 20S OVER LOWER ACADIANA. 2 TO 4 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S OR COLDER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. KEEP SPACE HEATERS AT LEAST 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF ANYTIME YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED OR DRAINED. && $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-051>053-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-021100- /O.CAN.KLCH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.HZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T1600Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON... LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1000 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING AND DROP TO THE UPPER TEENS OVER THE EAST TEXAS LAKES INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WHERE 8 TO 12 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S OVER THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR TO THE COAST...WHERE 4 TO 8 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S OR COLDER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. KEEP SPACE HEATERS AT LEAST 36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF ANYTIME YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED OR DRAINED. && $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 11:46 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Jan 31, 11:50 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Feb 1, 2:49 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 11 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:49 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 3 days | |
| Feb 1, 7:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 87 min | |
| Feb 1, 8:15 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 1, 8:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more | 77 min |
| Feb 1, 9:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 37 min |
| Feb 1, 9:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 96 min | |
| Feb 1, 9:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 4 more | 92 min |
| Feb 1, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 31 min |
| Feb 1, 10:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 50 min |
| Feb 1, 10:44 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 91 min | |
| Feb 1, 11:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 28 min |
| Feb 1, 12:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 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.