NWS Lake Charles is responsible for five transmitters on the NOAA Weather Radio network.  Coverage areas and frequencies are listed below. 

For more information on NOAA Weather Radio, visit http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/
 

TBD

Frequency: 162.550 MHz
Transmitter Site: Burkeville, TX
Power: 1000 watts
Listening Area: Beauregard, Sabine, Vernon  Parishes and Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine Counties 

BPT

Frequency: 162.475 MHz
Transmitter Site: Beaumont, TX
Power: 1000 watts
Listening Area: Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange Counties

AEX

Frequency: 162.475 MHz
Transmitter Site: Jena, LA
Power: 1000 watts
Listening Area: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, La Salle, Rapides, Winn Parishes

LCH

Frequency: 162.40 MHz
Transmitter Site: Sulphur, LA
Power: 1000 watts
Listening Area: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis Parishes

LFT

Frequency: 162.55 MHz
Transmitter Site: Youngsville, LA
Power: 1000 watts
Listening Area: Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Mary, Upper St. Martin, Vermilion Parishes

How cold can it get in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana in the winter?  Very cold! 

Here are the coldest temperatures ever observed across our region since official records began in the late 1890s & early 1900s. 

Lake Charles  3° on February 12, 1899

Beaumont      11° on January 18, 1930

Alexandria     4° on January 24, 1948

Lafayette      6° on February 12, 1899

New Iberia    9° on December 23, 1989
                     & January 11, 1962