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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 5, 201410 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 5, 2014, 3:45 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 5, 2014, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 6, 2014, 4:14 AM CST
In force: 4 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 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Jan 5, 3:33 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 3:33 PM CST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 6:16 AM CST, 9 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
616 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
061230-
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-
616 AM CST SUN JAN 5 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

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY.
A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...WITH FRIGID ARCTIC
AIR FOLLOWING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET TO NEAR 20 FROM
CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND INTO THE LOW
TO MID 20S FURTHER SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

DESPITE SUNNY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID
30S TO AROUND 40 FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
THEN AGAIN PLUMMET WITH EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ON TAP FOR
TUESDAY MORNING RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. ANOTHER
HARD FREEZE WARNING WILL BE REQUIRED DURING THIS TIME-FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-061230-
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-
616 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF TODAY.
A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...AND IN ITS WAKE A
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AS COLD ARCTIC AIR DROPS SOUTH INTO THE
REGION. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING
FOR THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS...PRECEDED AND FOLLOWED BY A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY. ADDITIONALLY...A LOW WATER ADVISORY WILL BE IN
EFFECT TONIGHT AS THIS STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW LOWERS ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES ON INLAND WATERWAYS BY NEAR TWO FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG PARTICULARLY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
BEFORE SLOWLY WEAKENING AS THE CENTER OF COLD HIGH PRESSURE
APPROACHES THE REGION. AN OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY...TRANSITIONING TO SOUTHERLY WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER
FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 5, 4:02 AM CST	Gale Warning	LCH		32 hr
Jan 5, 4:02 AM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		30 hr
Jan 5, 4:02 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		14 hr
Jan 5, 4:02 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		44 hr
Jan 5, 4:09 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	29 hr
Jan 5, 3:58 PM CST	Hard Freeze Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	19 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Louisiana, 2014 Wind Chill Advisories in Texas, 2014 Every wind chill advisory in 2014

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.