Alert archive / Louisiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 3, 2011, 4:54 AM CST for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas; 9 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 3, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 26 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 3, 2011, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2011, 12:02 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 12:01 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lafayette, LA | KATC-TV REPORTS ICE ACCUMULATION ON THEIR SATELLITE DISHES AT THE TV STATION |
| Feb 3, 1:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Krotz Springs, LA | HWY 190 BRIDGE IS CLOSED DUE TO ICE |
| Feb 3, 2:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 8 Ne Ville Platte, LA | KATC-TV REPORTED I-49 AT HWY 29 BEING CLOSED DUE TO ICING |
| Feb 3, 3:33 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Washington, LA | KALB-TV REPORTED I-49 AT HIGHWAY 10 CLOSED IN WASHINGTON |
| Feb 3, 4:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 4 Ssw Lafayette, LA | LAFAYETTE 911 REPORTS THE AMBASSADOR CAFFERY BRIDGE OVER THE VERMILION RIVER HAS ICED OVER. |
| Feb 3, 5:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Fort Polk, LA | PUBLIC DRIVING FROM FORT POLK TO LEESVILLE REPORTED FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX AT FORT POLK BUT CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IN LEESVILLE |
| Feb 3, 6:03 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Leesville, LA | DUSTING OF SNOW REPORTED IN LEESVILLE |
| Feb 3, 7:44 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Boyce, LA | THE HIGHWAY 8 BRIDGE OVER THE RED RIVER BETWEEN BOYCE AND GRANT PARISH HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO ICING |
| Feb 3, 8:56 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Nne Union Hill, LA | GROUND COVER BEGINNING TO FREEZE. FREEZING RAIN FALLING |
| Feb 3, 9:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 Sw Alexandria, LA | LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN FALLING. ELEVATED SURFACES AND VEGETATION HAVE A SOLID ICE COATING ON THEM AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 4, 12:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Alexandria, LA | I-49 FROM EXITS 80 TO 94 AS WELL AS ELEVATED PORTIONS OF I-49 THROUGH ALEXANDRIA HAVE BEEN CLOSED. THE GILLIS LONG BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED. HOWEVER...THE O.K. ALLEN AND PURPLE HEART BRIDGE HAVE BEEN REOPENED AND TRAFFIC IS BEING REROUTED ONTO THESE OPEN BRIDGES |
| Feb 4, 1:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Leesville, LA | *** 1 FATAL *** ALEXANDRIA TOWN TALK REPORTED ONE FATALITY IN CAR ACCIDENT DUE TO ICY ROADS |
| Feb 4, 1:18 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 E Henderson, LA | I-10 CLOSED BETWEEN EXITS 121 AND 127 EAST OF HENDERSON DUE TO ROADWAY COVERED IN ICE. REPORTED ON LA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE. |
| Feb 4, 5:11 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Leesville, LA | PUBLIC REPORTS ICE COATING CARS AND TREES. |
| Feb 4, 5:45 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 Sw Alexandria, LA | AT LEAST 0.25 INCH ICE ACCRETION ON ALL ELEVATED SURFACES. OCCASIONAL THUNDER DURING THE PAST HOUR. A COUPLE OF TREE LIMBS SNAPPED WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. |
| Feb 4, 5:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Woodville, TX | TYLER COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORT A FEW CAR ACCIDENTS ON HWY 69 BRIDGE NEAR THE HARDIN-TLYLER COUNY LINE. |
| Feb 4, 6:15 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Ville Platte, LA | EM REPORTS AT LEAST 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWN AT VILLE PLATTE. THUNDER BEING HEARD AS WELL. |
| Feb 4, 6:21 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Silsbee, TX | HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTS NUMEROUS CAR ACCIDENTS COUNTY WIDE...ALL ASSOCIATED WITH ICED BRIDGES. |
| Feb 4, 6:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Oakdale, LA | SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTS MOST BRIDGES ICE COVERED WITH THREE CAR ACCIDENTS. |
| Feb 4, 6:56 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Marksville, LA | SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT ESTIMATED 1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION AND 2 BRIDGES CLOSED. |
| Feb 4, 6:56 AM CST | ICE STORM | Alexandria, LA | CLECO POWER COMPANY REPORTS 2,963 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN RAPIDES PARISH DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWERLINES. REPORT RECEIVED VIA KATC.COM |
| Feb 4, 6:56 AM CST | ICE STORM | Opelousas, LA | CLECO POWER COMPANY REPORTS 228 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWERLINES. REPORT RECEIVED VIA KATC.COM. |
| Feb 4, 7:26 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Wildwood, TX | OBSERVER REPORTS 0.10 INCH OF ICE COVERING EVERYTHING. |
| Feb 4, 8:20 AM CST | ICE STORM | Alexandria, LA | CLECO POWER COMPANY REPORTS 10,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER |
| Feb 4, 8:20 AM CST | ICE STORM | Opelousas, LA | CLECO POWER COMPANY REPORTS 6,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 4, 8:20 AM CST | ICE STORM | Ville Platte, LA | CLECO POWER COMPANY REPORTS 8,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
872 WWUS44 KLCH 031054 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 454 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AND TOWARD THE REGION...MOISTURE ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARM MOIST AIR WILL OVER-RIDE A VERY COLD CONTINENTAL AIR MASS AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL HELP PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO THE POSSIBLE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A BEAUMONT TO LAKE CHARLES TO LAFAYETTE LINE. LAZ053>055-031800- /O.CAN.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.110203T1054Z-110203T1800Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY 454 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...LIGHT SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SOME MINOR ICING...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A REPORT OF SOME ICING ON OVERPASSES ON HIGHWAY 90 IN SAINT MARY HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ENOUGH BY MIDDAY...THAT ANY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. 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>033-041>045-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-032200- /O.UPG.KLCH.WS.A.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WS.W.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-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...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 454 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT VERY LIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM ROUGHLY LAFAYETTE TO LAKE CHARLES TO BEAUMONT...AND NORTHWEST TO ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE...WILL AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING FRIDAY MORNING...THEN ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ALSO...ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES. && $$ LAZ051-052-032200- /O.EXT.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE 454 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT VERY LIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATION...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND 1/10 INCH IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ RUA
5 follow-up statements
254 WWUS44 KLCH 031811 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1211 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AND TOWARD THE REGION...MOISTURE ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARM MOIST AIR WILL OVER-RIDE A VERY COLD CONTINENTAL AIR MASS AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL HELP PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO THE POSSIBLE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A BEAUMONT TO LAKE CHARLES TO LAFAYETTE LINE. LAZ053>055-040215- /O.EXP.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY 1211 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...LIGHT SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THE REMAINDER OF TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SOME MINOR ICING... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-040215- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-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...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1211 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM ROUGHLY LAFAYETTE TO LAKE CHARLES TO BEAUMONT...AND NORTHWEST TO ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE...WILL AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...ENDING FROM WEST-TO-EAST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ALSO...ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES. && $$ LAZ051-052-040215- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE 1211 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATION... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND 1/10 INCH IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
894 WWUS44 KLCH 040448 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1048 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AND TOWARD THE REGION...MOISTURE ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARM MOIST AIR WILL OVER-RIDE A VERY COLD CONTINENTAL AIR MASS AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL HELP PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO THE POSSIBLE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A BEAUMONT TO LAKE CHARLES TO LAFAYETTE LINE. LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041200- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-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...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1048 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM ROUGHLY LAFAYETTE TO LAKE CHARLES TO BEAUMONT...AND NORTHWEST TO ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE...WILL AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...ENDING FROM WEST-TO-EAST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ALSO...ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES. && $$ LAZ053>055-041200- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY 1048 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...LIGHT SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THE REMAINDER OF TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SOME MINOR ICING... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ051-052-041200- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE 1048 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATION... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND 1/10 INCH IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
582 WWUS44 KLCH 041111 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 511 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN AND ICING MAKING FOR SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS... .AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF TEXAS AND INTO ARKANSAS...RELATIVELY WARMER MOIST AIR WILL OVER-RIDE A VERY COLD CONTINENTAL AIR MASS AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL HELP PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN...WITH A LITTLE SLEET AND SNOW MIXED IN ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO THE POSSIBLE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A LEESVILLE TO LAKE CHARLES TO LAFAYETTE LINE. LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041800- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-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...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 511 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF SLEET OR SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE AT ITS HEAVIEST FROM NOW UNTIL 9 AM...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO 1 INCH...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ROUGHLY WEST OF A LEESVILLE TO LAKE CHARLES LINE...AND NORTH OF A LAKE CHARLES TO BEAUMONT LINE...WILL BE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 OF AN INCH. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ROUGHLY EAST OF A LEESVILLE TO LAKE CHARLES LINE...AND NORTH OF A LAKE CHARLES TO LAFAYETTE LINE...WILL BE BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 OF AN INCH. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ALSO...ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES. && $$ LAZ053-041800- /O.EXT.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ IBERIA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEW IBERIA 511 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME MINOR ICING...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ054-055-041500- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORGAN CITY 511 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MIX IN WITH THE RAIN UNTIL MID-MORNING. SOME MINOR ICING...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAZ051-052-041800- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE 511 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ RUA
052 WWUS44 KLCH 041514 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 914 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN AND ICING MAKING FOR SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS... .AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF TEXAS AND INTO ARKANSAS...RELATIVELY WARMER MOIST AIR WILL OVER-RIDE A VERY COLD CONTINENTAL AIR MASS AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL HELP PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN...WITH A LITTLE SLEET AND SNOW MIXED IN ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO THE POSSIBLE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A LEESVILLE TO LAKE CHARLES TO LAFAYETTE LINE. LAZ054-055-041615- /O.EXP.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORGAN CITY 914 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041800- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-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...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 914 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF SLEET OR SNOW... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE AT ITS HEAVIEST FROM NOW UNTIL 9 AM...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO 1 INCH... NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SILSBEE. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ROUGHLY WEST OF A LEESVILLE TO LAKE CHARLES LINE...AND NORTH OF A LAKE CHARLES TO BEAUMONT LINE... WILL BE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 OF AN INCH. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ROUGHLY EAST OF A LEESVILLE TO LAKE CHARLES LINE...AND NORTH OF A LAKE CHARLES TO LAFAYETTE LINE... WILL BE BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 OF AN INCH. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ALSO...ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES. && $$ LAZ051>053-041800- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA 914 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
812 WWUS44 KLCH 041802 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1202 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...PRECIPTATION ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST... .A DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL TRAVEL NORTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITAION WILL FOLLOW IN TANDEM. LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041915- /O.CAN.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-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...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 1202 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ LAZ051>053-041915- /O.CAN.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA 1202 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
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 2, 11:46 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 11:46 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1146 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011
.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FIRST PERIOD TEMPERATURES TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST
TRENDS...WHICH RESULTED IN A SMALL INCREASE IN FORECAST LOWS.
READINGS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL INTO HARD FREEZE CRITERIA...SO
NO ADJUSTMENT WAS NECESSARY TO THE HAZARD.
A COUPLE OF CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTS HAVE EMERGED IN LATEST MODEL
DATA FOR TOMORROW...LOWER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS.
GIVEN THE INCREASING PROBABILITY THAT WARNING CRITERIA WILL BE MET
FROM THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE INTO LAKE CHARLES...HAVE REPLACED THE
ADVISORY IN THESE AREAS WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH. PRECIPITATION
TYPE ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUES TO BE PROBLEMATIC...WITH MORE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOWING UP IN DETERMINATION METHODS THAN
SNOW. WILL LET THE MIDSHIFT FURTHER EVALUATE THIS AS ADDITIONAL
DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1104 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011/
AVIATION UPDATE...REGARDING 06Z TAF ISSUANCE. ALTOCUMULUS AT
AROUND 9K FT HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA. CLOUDINESS INCOMING AHEAD
OF OUR NEXT POTENTIAL WEATHER MAKER NOW OVER NEW MEXICO AS A MID
LEVEL LOW.
SYSTEM TO MAKE AN EASTWARD ADVANCE THURSDAY BRINGING DETERIORATING
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA WITH AN UNUSUAL POTENTIAL FOR WINTER
TYPE PRECIPITATION. PRECIP TO INITIALLY SPREAD INTO THE ACADIANA
AREA THURSDAY MORNING INCLUDING ARA AND LFT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SUGGEST LOW LEVELS WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY COOL BELOW AN ELEVATED
WARM LAYER FOR A SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MIX. AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES WITH WARMING SURFACE TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...WILL
CARRY A RAIN/SLEET MIX BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO SLEET/FREEZING
RAIN GOING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. BELIEVE PRECIP WILL HOLD OFF
UNTIL AFTERNOON FOR LCH AND BPT. WILL START OUT WITH A CHANCE OF
LIGHT RAIN/SLEET...SWITCHING TO FREEZING RAIN/SLEET AFTER SUNSET.
FURTHER NORTH AT AEX WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES IN PLACE...EXPECTING
PRECIP AS A FREEZING RAIN/SNOW MIX.
ONSET OF PRECIPITATION AT ALL SITES WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOWERING
CEILINGS INTO MVFR. WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR STEADY AT AROUND 10
KNOTS FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THIS TAF PACKAGE.
MARCOTTE
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 644 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011/
AVIATION UPDATE...REGARDING 00Z TAF ISSUANCE. ALTOCUMULUS AT
AROUND 9K FT HAS OVERSPREAD OUR SOUTHERN TAF SITES OF BPT/LCH/LFT
AND ARA. THESE MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL ADVANCE INTO CENTRAL
LOUISIANA INCLUDING AEX AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. CLOUDINESS INCOMING
AHEAD OF OUR NEXT POTENTIAL WEATHER MAKER NOW OVER NEW MEXICO AS A
MID LEVEL LOW.
SYSTEM TO MAKE AN EASTWARD ADVANCE THURSDAY BRINGING DETERIORATING
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA WITH AN UNUSUAL POTENTIAL FOR WINTER
TYPE PRECIPITATION. PRECIP TO INITIALLY SPREAD INTO THE ACADIANA
AREA THURSDAY MORNING INCLUDING ARA AND LFT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SUGGEST LOW LEVELS WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY COOL BELOW AN ELEVATED
WARM LAYER FOR A SLEET/RAIN MIX. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES A CHANGE-
OVER TO ALL RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED AS LOW LEVEL
TEMPERATURES MODIFY. ANY PRECIP IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE LCH
AND BPT TERMINALS UNTIL AFTERNOON...AND WILL REMAIN A RAIN/SLEET
MIX. FURTHER NORTH AT AEX WITH FORECAST SOUNDS REMAINING AT OR
BELOW FREEZING...ANY PRECIP WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW.
ONSET OF PRECIPITATION AT ALL SITES WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOWERING
CEILINGS INTO MVFR. WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR STEADY AT AROUND 10
KNOTS FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THIS TAF PACKAGE.
MARCOTTE
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 520 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011/
SYNOPSIS...
WITHIN THE SURFACE LAYER...A COLORADO HIGH WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST THROUGH
THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...ITS OUTER PERIPHERY BEING MARKED BY A
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH TAMPA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE.
WITHIN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE...THE BERMUDA HIGH RIDGES WESTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INTO THE MIDSECTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
AT MIDTROPOSPHERE...SHORTWAVES WILL ROTATE AROUND A DEEP CUTOFF OVER
DESERT OLD MEXICO...TRAVELING NORTHEAST AND PASSING OVER THE WESTERN
GULF COAST STATES.
DISCUSSION...
FOR TONIGHT...ADVECTIVE COOLING WILL BE ONGOING. INCOMING CANADIAN
AIR...HAVING AN EXTENSIVE OVER SNOW-COVERED TRAJECTORY...WILL RIDE
IN ON BLUE NORTHERS. HARD FREEZE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.
INCOMING CARIBBEAN AIR WILL UPSLIDE OVER ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE AT
THE SURFACE. PASSING DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL GIVE AN ADDED BOOST TO
THE UPSLIDING CARIBBEAN AIR. MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED. SOME FREEZING
DRIZZLE MAY BE MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS ARE EXPECTED
EAST OF A LAKE CHARLES TO ALEXANDRIA LINE...WHILE SNOW AND ICE
PELLETS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE LINE. THIS DIVIDING LINE WAS
BASED ON A SURFACE TO 850MB AND THE 850-700 MB PARTIAL THICKNESS
ANALYSES. SEE ADVISORIES AND WATCHES LISTED BELOW.
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST DURING THE MORNING HOURS...
TAPERING OFF A LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. THE EARLY-MORNING
COMMUTE MAY BE DIFFICULT.
MARINE...
COLD CANADIAN AIR SLIDING OVER A RELATIVELY WARM SEA SURFACE WILL
MAKE FOR GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS.
IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GIVE AN ADDED BOOST TO THE EBB
TIDE...WITH THE ACTUAL READINGS RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT BELOW THE
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 25 34 27 39 / 10 60 90 70
KBPT 25 35 27 40 / 10 40 80 60
KAEX 23 34 27 41 / 10 40 80 60
KLFT 26 33 30 42 / 10 70 90 70
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY FOR ACADIA-ALLEN-
AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-IBERIA-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-RAPIDES-ST.
LANDRY-ST. MARY-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-
EVANGELINE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERNON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR CAMERON-IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARTIN-ST. MARY-VERMILION.
TX...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY FOR HARDIN-JASPER-
JEFFERSON-NEWTON-ORANGE-TYLER.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR HARDIN-JASPER-JEFFERSON-NEWTON-ORANGE-TYLER.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR 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.
LOW WATER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR CALCASIEU LAKE-
SABINE LAKE-VERMILION BAY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 5:45 AM CST, 23 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 545 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-031300- 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- 545 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ARCTIC AIR WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 20S ACROSS THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO MID 20S ALONG INTERSTATE 10...TO UPPER 20S NEAR THE COAST. A HARD FREEZE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WITH A FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LAFAYETTE TO CAMERON LINE ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SOME ICE ACCUMULATION DURING THAT TIME FRAME...AND INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-031300- 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- 545 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS OVER THE NEAR SHORE AND OUTER WATERS. THE NORTH WINDS WILL HELP LOWER WATER LEVELS IN COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS...WITH LOW WATER CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING LOW TIDE TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH OVER THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RUA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 3, 3:53 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
353 AM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 AM FREEZING RAIN CENTERVILLE 29.76N 91.43W
02/03/2011 E0.00 INCH ST. MARY LA PUBLIC
TRUCK DRIVER REPORTED ICE ON OVERPASSES ON HIGHWAY 90
NEAR CENTERVILLE DUE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.
&&
MLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:23 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LCH | Saint Martin | 7 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.