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: Toledo Bend Dam (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

Although many folks across southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana would agree that it has been quite hot so far this summer, records show it has been much hotter in the past. But exactly how hot can it get across our area?

Listed below are the highest temperatures ever recorded in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas: