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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 23, 2014, 9:39 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 20 hr. 21 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
- Jan 23, 2014, 9:39 PM CST (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2014, 5:53 PM CST
- In force
- 20 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 03:42 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 12:53 AM CST | ICE STORM | Opelousas, LA | I-49 NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND CLOSED AT HIGHWAY 190 BRIDGE DUE TO ICE. |
| Jan 24, 6:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Fort Polk, LA | RADAR TECHNICIAN AT FORT POLK ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 6:43 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 W Alexandria, LA | OBSERVER HAS MEASURED 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 2.5 INCHES. |
| Jan 24, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Toledo Bend Dam, TX | |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | De Ridder, LA | CO-OP OBSERVER ESTIMATED 1.75 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Se Chester, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER AT SITE CETT2 REPORTS 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 W Woodville, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER AT SITE WLET2 REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 E Colmesneil, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER FOR COLMESNEIL REPORTS 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sw Woodville, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER AT SITE WOVT2 REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 Wsw Woodville, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER AT SITE HRYT2 IN HARMONY TEXAS REPORTS 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 7 Ene Woodville, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER AT SITE ODIT2 REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 9 W Woodville, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER AT SITE WWTT2 AT WHITE TAIL RIDGE REPORTS 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Fred, TX | CO-OP OBSERVER AT SITE TFDT2 REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 5 W Alexandria, LA | SNOWFALL OBSERVER APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF AEX REPORTS 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:30 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Ragley, LA | RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 1/2 INCH OF MAINLY SLEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 24, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Leesville, LA | CO-OP OBSERVER AT LEEL1 REPORTED 3.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 24, 10:15 AM CST | ICE STORM | Boyce, LA | LA HIGHWAY 8 BOYCE BRIDGE STILL CLOSED DUE TO ICE. |
| Jan 24, 2:05 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.66 | 6 Ssw Lake Charles Regi, LA | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES |
| Jan 24, 2:05 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.66 | Cameron, LA | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES |
| Jan 24, 2:35 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 7 E Alexandria, LA | KALB METEOROLOGIST REPORTED 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH DURATION OF MORE THAN 12 HOURS AND LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.31 INCHES. |
| Jan 24, 2:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 7 E Alexandria, LA | KALB METEOROLOGIST REPORTED 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH DURATION OF MORE THAN 12 HOURS AND LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.31 INCHES. |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 732 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
663 WWUS44 KLCH 240339 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. .BLUE NORTHERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST STATES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. INCOMING MARINE AIR CONTINUES TO UPGLIDE THE ARCTIC AIR RIDING SOUTHWARD ON THE BLUE NORTHERS. SNOW AND ICE PELLETS ARE THE RESULT. LAZ027>032-TXZ180-259-260-241515- /O.UPG.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WS.W.0001.140124T0339Z-140124T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.140124T1500Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WC.Y.0002.140124T0600Z-140124T1500Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-TYLER- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON 939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...6 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...13 DEGREES OR BELOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ TXZ201-261-262-241500- /O.UPG.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WS.W.0001.140124T0339Z-140124T1500Z/ HARDIN-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...9 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. SOME ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. && $$ LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-241500- /O.EXT.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T1500Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...9 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS. SOME ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ LAZ033-241515- /O.CON.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.WC.Y.0002.140124T0600Z-140124T1500Z/ ST. LANDRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE 939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...6 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS. SOME ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...13 DEGREES OR BELOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
5 follow-up statements
205 WWUS44 KLCH 241108 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL SOUTH INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST REGION. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO UPPER 20S...ALONG WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION... UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION...CURRENTLY FALLING AS SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. 190. SOUTH OF U.S. 190...A SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING...BASICALLY FREEZING ON IMPACT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...STRUCTURES...AND TREES. ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION OF ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. LAZ033-242100- /O.CAN.KLCH.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140124T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/ ST. LANDRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE 508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM TODAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS. ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ LAZ027>032-TXZ180-259-260-242100- /O.CAN.KLCH.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140124T1500Z/ /O.CAN.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.140124T1500Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-TYLER- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON 508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-242100- /O.UPG.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/ CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY 508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS. ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ TXZ201-261-262-242100- /O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/ HARDIN-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...9 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. SOME ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. && $$
587 WWUS44 KLCH 241701 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1101 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. .PATCHY AREAS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS DRIER AIR GRADUALLY FILTERS INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SLEET...RAIN...AND SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA... LEADING TO A CONTINUATION OF HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOSTLY END ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BY MID-AFTERNOON...BUT PATCHES OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER UNTIL SUNSET ACROSS LOWER ACADIANA. DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS WILL RE-DEVELOP THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AS LINGERING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS RE- FREEZES WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY DROPPING BACK BELOW FREEZING. LAZ044-045-052>055-250000- /O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140125T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE... ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY... FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE 1101 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RUN ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS IN MOST LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ LAZ027>033-041>043-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-242100- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER- HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...HACKBERRY... HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL... LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR... BRIDGE CITY...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 1101 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ 25
254 WWUS44 KLCH 241706 CCA WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1105 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON... .PATCHY AREAS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS DRIER AIR GRADUALLY FILTERS INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SLEET...RAIN...AND SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA... LEADING TO A CONTINUATION OF HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOSTLY END ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BY MID-AFTERNOON...BUT PATCHES OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER UNTIL SUNSET ACROSS LOWER ACADIANA. DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS WILL RE-DEVELOP THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AS LINGERING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS RE- FREEZES WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY DROPPING BACK BELOW FREEZING. LAZ044-045-052>055-250000- /O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140125T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE... ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY... FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE 1105 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RUN ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS IN MOST LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ LAZ027>033-041>043-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-242100- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER- HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...HACKBERRY... HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL... LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR... BRIDGE CITY...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 1105 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ 25
881 WWUS44 KLCH 242205 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 405 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO LINGER INTO THE EVENING... .PATCHY AREAS OF MAINLY SLEET WILL PERSIST ACROSS LOWER ACADIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO AN END...WITH A CONTINUATION OF DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ACCOMPANYING THE PRECIPITATION. LAZ053>055-250300- /O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140125T0300Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE 405 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RUN ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS IN MOST LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ LAZ044-045-052-250000- /O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140125T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE... ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN 405 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH ICE ALREADY ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL LINGER THE REST OF THE DAY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ 25
358 WWUS44 KLCH 242353 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 553 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER PRECIPITATION EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... .TRAVELING GULF AIR CONTINUES TO UPSLIDE THE ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...BRINGING ABOUT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. A TEXAS TROUGH ALOFT WILL TRAVEL EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING...ESCORTING THE WINTRY MIX EASTWARD. LAZ053>055-250300- /O.CAN.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140125T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WS.W.0002.140125T0000Z-140125T0300Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE 553 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO RUN ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS IN MOST LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$ LAZ044-045-052-250100- /O.CAN.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140125T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE... ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN 553 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$
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 Jan 23, 5:39 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 5:39 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
539 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
.AVIATION...LIGHT RAIN IS CURRENTLY OVER AREAS NW FROM KAEX TO
KLCH WITH LIGHT SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING TO SPREAD
INTO CENLA. FROZEN PRECIP WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE
EVENING REACHING KBPT AND KLCH AROUND MIDNIGHT. REDUCTIONS IN VIS
FROM -SN CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECIP WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH TO NE WINDS WILL ALSO
PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 448 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014/
DISCUSSION...
WHEW WHAT A DAY. MUCH DISCUSSED ARCTIC INTRUSION AND ACCOMPANYING
PRECIPITATION IS UPON US...WITH WIDESPREAD AREAS OF MAINLY LIGHT
RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET ALREADY UNDERWAY ACROSS NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...WITH PRIMARILY LIGHT RAIN OVER EAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. FORECAST TIME HEIGHTS DEPICT AMPLE LIFT/MOISTURE IN THE
FAVORABLE ICE GROWTH ZONE THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...SUCH THAT RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO/MIX WITH SLEET AND
SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ENOUGH OF A
WARM LAYER IS PROGGED TO PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OR SO OF
THE AREA THAT STRICTLY SNOW IS UNLIKELY. OVER NORTHERN
ZONES...THIS COMPLETE CHANGE IS EXPECTED...AND TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE FORECAST FROM THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. FARTHER SOUTH...LITTLE TO NO
SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AS SFC TEMPERATURES
COOL...HOWEVER...THE RISK OF FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE WILL
INCREASE...ESPECIALLY AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE ICE GROWTH
ZONE TOWARD FRIDAY MORNING...AND SUPER COOLED DROPLETS BECOME THE
PRIMARY HYDROMETEOR. AT THIS TIME...FORECAST QPF AMOUNTS LOOK TO
KEEP ACCUMULATIONS OF ALL WINTER WEATHER BELOW WARNING
CRITERIA...WHICH AS A REFRESHER IS 2 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET OR ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR AT
LEAST SOME ACCUMULATION RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WILL
CONTINUE THE ADVISORY AS IS. THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO SEE
IMPACTFUL ACCUMULATIONS OF FROZEN OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION ARE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND ALL OF EAST TEXAS.
THERE ARE STILL DISCREPANCIES AMONG THE VARIOUS MODEL SOLUTIONS AS
TO EXACTLY WHEN THE PCPN/RAIN WILL COME TO AN END...THOUGH A
CONSENSUS INDICATES AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF IT CONTINUING
THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY...AND FINALLY SINKING SOUTH INTO THE
GULF FRIDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME QUITE COLD...RANGING FROM THE LOWER 20S ACROSS NORTHERN
ZONES TO RIGHT AROUND 30 ALONG THE COAST. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL
STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 30S IN MOST LOCATIONS...AND MAY STAY
COLDER PENDING THE PERSISTENCE/INTENSITY OF LINGERING PCPN.
CHANGES TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST WERE KEPT TO A MINIMUM FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS...BUT A WARM UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER ARCTIC INTRUSION ON MONDAY STILL LOOKS ON TARGET.
13
MARINE...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE
COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS
EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BY LATE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES.
13
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 27 37 30 58 39 / 60 40 20 10 10
KBPT 27 37 30 60 39 / 70 50 20 10 10
KAEX 22 39 27 59 33 / 50 20 10 10 10
KLFT 27 37 31 58 39 / 40 40 20 10 10
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...CALCASIEU...EAST
CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST.
MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...WEST
CAMERON.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ACADIA...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
MARTIN...VERMILION...WEST CAMERON.
HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...
BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
LAFAYETTE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...
VERNON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...EVANGELINE...
RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...VERNON.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
EVANGELINE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...VERNON.
TX...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...JEFFERSON...
ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
JEFFERSON...ORANGE.
HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...NORTHERN JASPER...
NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN
NEWTON...TYLER.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...TYLER.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...
TYLER.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON
LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND
TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON
LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND
TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60
NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60
NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL
CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...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...
SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY.
&&
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&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 5:26 AM CST, 16 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 241200- 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- 526 AM CST THU JAN 23 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 MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. OVER- RUNNING MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL YIELD AREAS OF RAIN ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...THE LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT SNOW...AND CHANGE OVER TO PREDOMINATELY SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...ENDING LATE FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LIGHT SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER NEARLY AREAWIDE FREEZE IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A SLOW WARMING TREND TOWARDS NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FAIRLY STRONG COLD FRONT MONDAY...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO FOLLOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-241200- 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- 526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COOL HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 23, 6:49 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
649 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
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..REMARKS..
0647 PM SLEET HORNBECK 31.33N 93.40W
01/23/2014 E0.00 INCH VERNON LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS SLEET IN HORNBECK
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DJONESLocal storm report, Jan 23, 7:18 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
718 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
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0710 PM SNOW ORANGE 30.10N 93.76W
01/23/2014 E0.0 INCH ORANGE TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS SNOW FLURRIES IN ORANGE
0714 PM FREEZING RAIN BEAUMONT 30.09N 94.14W
01/23/2014 E0.00 INCH JEFFERSON TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS FREEZING RAIN IN BEAUMONT.
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DJONESLocal storm report, Jan 23, 7:27 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
727 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
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0710 PM SLEET MARKSVILLE 31.13N 92.06W
01/23/2014 E0.00 INCH AVOYELLES LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS SLEET/FREEZING RAIN NEAR MARKSVILLE
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DJONESLocal storm report, Jan 23, 7:40 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
740 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
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0738 PM SNOW MOSS BLUFF 30.30N 93.20W
01/23/2014 E0.0 INCH CALCASIEU LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS LIGHT SNOW IN MOSS BLUFF
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DJONESLocal storm report, Jan 23, 7:41 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
741 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
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0740 PM SNOW WILDWOOD 30.52N 94.44W
01/23/2014 E0.0 INCH HARDIN TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS A RAIN/SNOW MIX
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DJONESLocal storm report, Jan 23, 8:20 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
820 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0815 PM SNOW S LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL 30.12N 93.22W
01/23/2014 E0.0 INCH CALCASIEU LA NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEES OBSERVED SNOW FLURRIES AT THE NWS OFFICE
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DJONESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 9:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 7 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:56 AM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 3 hr | |
| Jan 24, 5:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.