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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
211 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
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ST. LANDRY-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-LOWER ST. MARTIN-EAST
CAMERON-UPPER VERMILION-UPPER IBERIA-UPPER ST. MARY-LOWER
VERMILION-LOWER IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BREAUX BRIDGE, CAMERON, LAFAYETTE,
OPELOUSAS, MEAUX, JEANERETTE, GRAND LAKE, FRANKLIN, MAURICE,
GRAND CHENIER, KLONDIKE, CREOLE, INTRACOASTAL CITY, NEW IBERIA,
ST. MARTINVILLE, PATTERSON, STEPHENSVILLE, KAPLAN, RUTHERFORD
BEACH, CENTERVILLE, ABBEVILLE, FORKED ISLAND, EUNICE, BAYOU
VISTA, BURNS POINT, BERWICK, GUEYDAN, MORGAN CITY, AVERY ISLAND,
CYPREMORT POINT, LAWTELL, AND CADE
211 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 10
AM CST SUNDAY...
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW
AS 12 EXPECTED. FOR THE WIND ADVISORY, NORTH WINDS TO 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH EXPECTED. FOR THE FREEZE WATCH, A HARD FREEZE
WITH TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 20 POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA.
* WHEN...FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM
CST SUNDAY. FOR THE WIND ADVISORY, FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM CST SATURDAY.
FOR THE FREEZE WATCH, FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IF UNPROTECTED SKIN IS
EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES. FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD
KILL CROPS, OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLUMBING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A
HAT, AND GLOVES.
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
TO PREVENT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING; WRAP OR DRAIN OR ALLOW THEM TO
DRIP SLOWLY.
LAZ027>032-073-141>143-241>243-TXZ180-201-259>262-515-516-615-616-
310700-
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/O.CON.KLCH.CW.Y.0002.260131T0800Z-260201T1600Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-WEST CAMERON-
NORTHERN CALCASIEU-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-NORTHERN ACADIA-
SOUTHERN CALCASIEU-SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-SOUTHERN ACADIA-TYLER-
HARDIN-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN
NEWTON-UPPER JEFFERSON-NORTHERN ORANGE-LOWER JEFFERSON-SOUTHERN
ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JOHNSON BAYOU, GIST, JAMESTOWN, HOLLY
SPRINGS, BUNKIE, OAKDALE, RAYNE, MANSURA, FIELDS, SIMMESPORT,
BRIDGE CITY, REDDELL, KINDER, TOWN BLUFF, COTTONPORT, ORANGE,
BEAVER, BLEAKWOOD, JASPER, BURKEVILLE, MT. UNION, PINEVILLE,
JENNINGS, NEDERLAND, BRANCH, PICKERING, DE RIDDER, MAGNOLIA
SPRINGS, SLAGLE, BEAUMONT, FARRSVILLE, FENTON, MAURICEVILLE, BELL
CITY, VILLE PLATTE, TOPSY, HATHAWAY, BUNA, CHINA, IOWA, DE
QUINCY, WIERGATE, ELTON, WARREN, FORT POLK, IVANHOE, BUNDICK
LAKE, CARLYSS, VINTON, WESTLAKE, LUMBERTON, CHURCH POINT, MORSE,
WOODVILLE, KIRBYVILLE, ALEXANDRIA, ROGANVILLE, SULPHUR, ORETTA,
HILLISTER, EVADALE, CROWLEY, VIDOR, FRED, MAMOU, IOTA, LAKE
CHARLES, HACKBERRY, DEWEYVILLE, HAYES, PORT ARTHUR, SILSBEE, SEA
RIM STATE PARK, CALL, EFFIE, MARKSVILLE, SPURGER, LAKE ARTHUR,
ST. LANDRY, WELSH, NEWTON, SABINE PASS, LEESVILLE, AND MOSS BLUFF
211 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 10
AM CST SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW
AS 11 EXPECTED. FOR THE FREEZE WATCH, A HARD FREEZE WITH
TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 18 POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
* WHEN...FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM
CST SUNDAY. FOR THE FREEZE WATCH, FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IF UNPROTECTED SKIN
IS EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES. FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS
COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLUMBING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A
HAT, AND GLOVES.
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
TO PREVENT WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING; WRAP OR DRAIN OR ALLOW THEM TO
DRIP SLOWLY.
MC
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