220
WWUS44 KLCH 200816
WSWLCH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
216 AM CST MON JAN 20 2025
LAZ027>033-044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254-
TXZ180-201-259>262-515-516-615-616-202215-
/O.CON.KLCH.WS.W.0001.250121T0600Z-250122T0600Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST
CAMERON-NORTHERN CALCASIEU-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-NORTHERN
ACADIA-UPPER VERMILION-UPPER IBERIA-UPPER ST. MARY-SOUTHERN
CALCASIEU-SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-SOUTHERN ACADIA-LOWER
VERMILION-LOWER IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARY-TYLER-HARDIN-NORTHERN
JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-UPPER
JEFFERSON-NORTHERN ORANGE-LOWER JEFFERSON-SOUTHERN ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KIRBYVILLE, EFFIE, HOLLY SPRINGS,
SPURGER, CARLYSS, FORT JOHNSON, HATHAWAY, CAMERON, RUTHERFORD
BEACH, FIELDS, ST. LANDRY, DE RIDDER, MT. UNION, SABINE PASS, SEA
RIM STATE PARK, TOPSY, FRED, SLAGLE, JEANERETTE, TOWN BLUFF, PORT
ARTHUR, MANSURA, WELSH, CENTERVILLE, LAKE CHARLES, STEPHENSVILLE,
MORGAN CITY, FRANKLIN, SIMMESPORT, HACKBERRY, NEW IBERIA, CALL,
IOWA, HILLISTER, ALEXANDRIA, LEESVILLE, COTTONPORT, BUNDICK LAKE,
WESTLAKE, ELTON, PINEVILLE, BEAVER, PICKERING, BREAUX BRIDGE,
BLEAKWOOD, GRAND CHENIER, MAMOU, BRIDGE CITY, IVANHOE, KINDER,
OAKDALE, BURKEVILLE, LUMBERTON, KLONDIKE, REDDELL, OPELOUSAS,
MOSS BLUFF, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, KAPLAN, ABBEVILLE, DE QUINCY,
RAYNE, NEWTON, SILSBEE, MAURICE, WIERGATE, EUNICE, BUNKIE, ST.
MARTINVILLE, LAFAYETTE, BERWICK, JASPER, CYPREMORT POINT,
BEAUMONT, CADE, CROWLEY, JOHNSON BAYOU, JAMESTOWN, BAYOU VISTA,
BUNA, VIDOR, GIST, BURNS POINT, MARKSVILLE, LAWTELL, SULPHUR,
GUEYDAN, LAKE ARTHUR, HAYES, JENNINGS, WOODVILLE, GRAND LAKE,
VILLE PLATTE, ORANGE, PATTERSON, MORSE, FENTON, FARRSVILLE,
MAURICEVILLE, CHURCH POINT, ORETTA, INTRACOASTAL CITY, FORKED
ISLAND, EVADALE, VINTON, CHINA, AVERY ISLAND, ROGANVILLE, MEAUX,
NEDERLAND, CREOLE, DEWEYVILLE, WARREN, IOTA, BRANCH, AND BELL
CITY
216 AM CST MON JAN 20 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
0.02 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR TO THE COAST.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT OF
SNOW ON TREE LIMBS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE SPORADIC
POWER OUTAGES. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU
MUST GO OUTSIDE, DRESS IN LAYERS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL
KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO
REDUCE YOUR RISK OF FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. GLOVES, A SCARF, AND A
HAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM LOSING YOUR BODY HEAT.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
LANDRENEAU
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