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WWUS44 KLCH 202109
WSWLCH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
309 PM CST MON JAN 20 2025
LAZ027>033-044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254-
TXZ180-201-259>262-515-516-615-616-211030-
/O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.250121T0600Z-250122T0300Z/
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 HACKBERRY, ALEXANDRIA, MAMOU, BREAUX
BRIDGE, PICKERING, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, BEAUMONT, VINTON,
DEWEYVILLE, ST. LANDRY, JENNINGS, CENTERVILLE, GRAND LAKE,
COTTONPORT, BRIDGE CITY, IOWA, TOWN BLUFF, IOTA, ST. MARTINVILLE,
MANSURA, KAPLAN, STEPHENSVILLE, CARLYSS, ABBEVILLE, IVANHOE,
WARREN, JEANERETTE, WESTLAKE, LEESVILLE, BELL CITY, BURKEVILLE,
SULPHUR, NEDERLAND, OAKDALE, INTRACOASTAL CITY, FORKED ISLAND,
SPURGER, KINDER, BURNS POINT, BUNA, RAYNE, SEA RIM STATE PARK,
LAWTELL, WIERGATE, WELSH, HILLISTER, FRANKLIN, FRED, GIST, VILLE
PLATTE, CADE, REDDELL, PORT ARTHUR, CYPREMORT POINT,
MAURICEVILLE, VIDOR, RUTHERFORD BEACH, KLONDIKE, MORGAN CITY, DE
RIDDER, WOODVILLE, SLAGLE, FENTON, LAKE CHARLES, FIELDS, ELTON,
TOPSY, MORSE, MT. UNION, HATHAWAY, BLEAKWOOD, JASPER, BAYOU
VISTA, OPELOUSAS, HOLLY SPRINGS, LAFAYETTE, BRANCH, ORANGE,
ROGANVILLE, NEWTON, GRAND CHENIER, SILSBEE, CHURCH POINT, CREOLE,
MARKSVILLE, EVADALE, GUEYDAN, LAKE ARTHUR, EUNICE, PATTERSON,
JOHNSON BAYOU, BEAVER, AVERY ISLAND, NEW IBERIA, MOSS BLUFF,
KIRBYVILLE, HAYES, MEAUX, PINEVILLE, BUNKIE, SABINE PASS,
LUMBERTON, FARRSVILLE, JAMESTOWN, FORT JOHNSON, CROWLEY, CALL,
CHINA, EFFIE, CAMERON, BERWICK, MAURICE, SIMMESPORT, ORETTA,
BUNDICK LAKE, AND DE QUINCY
309 PM CST MON JAN 20 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM
CST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA, WITH 4 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY.
* 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. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. 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.
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