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Hard Freeze Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 1, 201810 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 1, 2018, 3:57 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 2, 2018, 8:00 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 1, 2018, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 2, 2018, 8:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2018, 10:00 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 21:57 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 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 1, 3:57 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 3:57 PM CST, 0 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
Jan 1, 3:45 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	30 hr
Jan 1, 3:55 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	30 hr
Jan 1, 3:57 PM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		19 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2018 Hard Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every hard 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.