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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 13, 20186 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this freeze warning at Nov 13, 2018, 2:45 PM CST for 6 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 14, 2018, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2018, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 14, 2018, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Nov 14, 2018, 3:15 AM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 Nov 13, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 13, 3:32 AM CST	Freeze Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	11 hr
Nov 13, 3:41 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		38 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2018 Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every freeze warning in 2018

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.