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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this freeze warning at Mar 2, 2013, 4:03 PM CST for 7 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 2, 2013, 4:03 PM CST (22:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2013, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 Mar 2, 11:46 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 11:46 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:40 AM CST | Freeze Watch | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:40 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:46 AM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 23 hr | |
| Mar 2, 4:03 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 16 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2013Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2013Every freeze warning in 2013
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.