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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 14, 202516 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this freeze warning at Dec 14, 2025, 11:42 AM CST for 16 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 14, 2025, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 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
Dec 14, 2025, 11:42 AM CST (17:42 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2025, 8:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 15, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
All 22 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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 Dec 14, 11:25 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 11:25 AM CST, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 8:11 PM CSTFreeze WatchLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more16 hr
Dec 13, 11:16 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia and 7 more18 hr
Dec 13, 11:28 PM CSTGale WarningLCH19 hr
Dec 13, 11:28 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH10 hr
Dec 13, 11:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon41 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2025Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2025Every freeze warning in 2025

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.