Winter Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 305 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER TO BECOME WIDESPREAD STARTING EARLY TUESDAY... .THE COLD FRONT WHICH CROSSED THE AREA EARLIER TODAY IS BEING FOLLOWED BY A DEEPENING LAYER OF COLD ARCTIC AIR...MOST NOTICEABLE AS FALLING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND MUCH COLDER LOWS BEGINNING TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO CROSS OLD MEXICO BEGINNING TONIGHT WHICH WILL PUSH GULF MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR. THIS OVERRUNNING PATTERN WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FUNNELS OVERHEAD WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL FURTHER OVERNIGHT...A MIXTURE OF WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP AND EVENTUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DRIER AIR BEGINS FILTERING ACROSS THE AREA ON THE HEELS OF HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH...AND THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 280500- /O.UPG.KLCH.WS.A.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.WS.W.0003.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA... PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT... MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH... LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE... BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK... BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON... GRAND CHENIER...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER... KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE 305 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER- INCH ARE FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF THIS CORRIDOR...LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. EXTREME CAUTION IS URGED IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:08:05 +0000
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