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WFO Lake Charles, LA  Winter 2005
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NOAA weather radio

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/
 

Map of LCH NWR coverage areas

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

NWS Open House

On February 2nd, 2005, the National Weather Service in Lake Charles will be hosting an open house from 9am to 12pm.  

The public is invited to visit our office during this time and see the various technologies the National Weather Service uses to issue forecasts and severe weather warnings.   

Meteorologists and other staff members will be on hand to answer questions and give more information about how the National Weather Service operates.

Groundhog Day pic
 
Weather Extremes

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


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