National Weather Service shares cold and Hazardous Weather Message for region Wednesday morning
Published 11:12 am Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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The National Weather Service office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, has issued a Hazardous Weather Message.
A Freeze Warning is in place for Central Louisiana as of Wednesday morning because of approaching record low temperatures.
(Courtesy of the National Weather Service)
The impacts include likely frost and freeze conditions killing crops and other sensitive vegetation.
The warning is for Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, Allen, Evangeline and St. Landry parishes.
Closer to home, cold temperatures are expected in Southeast Texas.
Jefferson County and Orange County residents can expect to see temperatures above and below 40.
The coldest is expected from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. Wednesday.
In addition, record lows are likely to be approached, tied or possibly broken.
Here’s a list of the records for Oct. 19 across our primary climate stations:
Alexandria, LA: 30 in 1948
Beaumont 35 in 1989
Lake Charles, LA: 37 in 1948
Lafayette, LA: 33 in 1948
New Iberia, LA: 34 in 1948
