Alert archive / Louisiana / Hard Freeze Warnings in 2014
Hard Freeze Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 24, 2014, 6:28 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 24, 2014, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 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
- Jan 24, 2014, 6:28 PM CST (00:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2014, 7:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron 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, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hard 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 hard freeze warning went out at Jan 24, 5:54 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 5:54 PM CST, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 5:24 AM CST, 13 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 524 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 251130- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 524 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 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 WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUSIANA THROUGH THE NOON HOUR. LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS FALLING ALONG AND SOUTH IF THE I-10 CORRIDOR WITH MAINLY LIGHT SNOW NORTH OF THAT LOCATION. REPORTS FROM AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS INDICATE AREA BRIDGES ARE EXPERIENCING ICING WHICH HAS LED TO NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ON THOSE BRIDGES. MOTORISTS DRIVING TO WORK NEED TO EXPECT DELAYS THIS MORNING AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING OVER AREA BRIDGES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING AROUND THAT TIME. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BACK BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK INTO THE UPPER 20S ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR AND LOWER 20S ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A GRADUAL WARM UP IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOMORROW AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-251130- 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 524 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES AND BAY INCLUDING THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SEAS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN HEIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NEXT FRONT ON MONDAY WILL SWING WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTH WITH SEAS ONCE AGAIN RISING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 24, 2:06 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
206 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM ICE STORM CAMERON 29.80N 93.30W
01/24/2014 CAMERON LA NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION ON TREES
&&
RDEALLocal storm report, Jan 24, 2:10 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
210 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM ICE STORM 6 SSW LAKE CHARLES REGI 30.04N 93.26W
01/24/2014 CAMERON LA NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION ON TREES
&&
RDEALLocal storm report, Jan 24, 2:51 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
251 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM SNOW 7 E ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.34W
01/24/2014 M0.0 INCH RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
KALB METEOROLOGIST REPORTED 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
DURATION OF MORE THAN 12 HOURS AND LIQUID WATER
EQUIVALENT OF 0.31 INCHES.
&&
RDEALLocal storm report, Jan 24, 2:57 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
257 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM SNOW 7 E ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.34W
01/24/2014 M3.0 INCH RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
KALB METEOROLOGIST REPORTED 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
DURATION OF MORE THAN 12 HOURS AND LIQUID WATER
EQUIVALENT OF 0.31 INCHES.
&&
RDEALLocal storm report, Jan 24, 3:29 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
329 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0303 PM SLEET SULPHUR 30.23N 93.36W
01/24/2014 M0.30 INCH CALCASIEU LA NWS EMPLOYEE
OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 0.3 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET
ACCUMULATION AND 0.20 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION
&&
RDEALSpecial weather statement, Jan 24, 4:17 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 417 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 251500- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE... BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK... BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON... GRAND CHENIER...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER... KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 417 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WHICH FELL OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED THICK CLOUD COVER HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES FROM WARMING ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK FOR MOST OF THE AREA TODAY...THUS ICE LINGERING ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVERNIGHT. OF MORE CONCERN...MOISTURE LEFT OVER IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION MELTED WILL RE-FREEZE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING WHEN TEMPERATURES DROP BACK BELOW FREEZING. THUS DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND OTHER ELEVATED HIGHWAYS OR ROADWAYS. TRAVELING TONIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL PLEASE CHECK FOR ROAD CLOSURES ALONG YOUR ROUTE AND PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION... INCLUDING SLOWING YOUR DRIVING SPEED AND MAINTAINING A GREATER DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER SUNRISE ON SATURDAY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING...ALLOWING THE LINGERING ICE TO FINALLY MELT. 25
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.