NWS has a "Special Weather Statement" for our area
http://www.srh.noaa.gov
Lafayette, LA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
351 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2004
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
130500-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-LOWER ST MARTIN-
NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN-
VERMILION-VERNON-
351 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2004
...WHERE HAVE ALL THE WARM TEMPERATURES GONE?...
THE STRONG CANADIAN COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH LAST NIGHT WILL
BRING UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER TO THE AREA. FRIDAY MORNING COULD SEE
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. MORNING TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S NORTH TO THE LOWER 60S SOUTH.
EXISTING RECORD LOWS FOR AUGUST 13TH:
BEAUMONT...62 F IN 1967
LAKE CHARLES...63 F IN 1967
LAFAYETTE...60 F IN 1931
ALEXANDRIA...62 F IN 1967
AFTER THESE MORNING LOWS...TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL REBOUND
FROM THE LOW 80S ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND LAKES REGION OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO THE UPPER 80S AT THE COAST.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS NOT UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK.
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