TX WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches, and Advisories

WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 23, 2022

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WIND CHILL ADVISORY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

308 PM CST Thu Dec 22 2022

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING

TO 1 PM CST FRIDAY...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST

SATURDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind

chills expected. Wind chills as low as zero. For the second

Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills expected. Wind

chills as low as 5 above zero.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west

central Louisiana and southeast Texas.

* WHEN...For the first Wind Chill Advisory, from 11 PM this

evening to 1 PM CST Friday. For the second Wind Chill

Advisory, from 8 PM Friday to 9 AM CST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Very cold wind chills may result in hypothermia or

frostbite if precautions are not taken, especially in prolonged

exposure.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a

hat, and gloves.

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM MST

FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Temperatures will fall

into the teens overnight with winds 15 to 25 mph. Wind chills

as low as 5 below zero.

* WHERE...Eastern Otero County in south-central New Mexico,

Hudspeth and Eastern El Paso Counties in far west Texas.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 10 AM MST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds combined with below freezing

temperatures will give us dangerously low wind chills which

could be life threatening to pets and people if...