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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2023Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this freeze warning at Oct 31, 2023, 2:42 AM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Nov 1, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
Oct 31, 2023, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 1, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 1, 2023, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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 Oct 30, 11:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 11:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 2:01 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more29 hr
Oct 31, 2:10 PM CDTFreeze WatchLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline and 4 more12 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2023Every freeze warning in 2023

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.