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Event Details
| Event | Cold/Wind Chill |
| State | LOUISIANA |
| County/Area | VERNON |
| WFO | LCH |
| Begin Date | 01/08/2010 00:00:00 CST-6 |
| End Date | 01/11/2010 12:00:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | A deep upper level trough moving eastward across the United States forced a bitterly cold Arctic airmass southward from Canada into the Gulf Coast states on January 7, 2010. This airmass remained in place for several days across southwest Louisiana, leading to the coldest temperatures seen across this region since February 1996. Several record low temperatures were set, along with a few record low maximum temperatures. Many locations in central Louisiana remained below freezing for over 36 hours from around midnight early on January 8th through the afternoon on Saturday January 9th. These bitterly cold temperatures led to several school closures, numerous weather-related fires, sporadic power outages, and widespread plumbing ruptures across the region. One man reportedly froze to death outdoors in Mossville in Calcasieu Parish. |
| Event Narrative |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 1 | 0 | 85.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| CALCASIEU (ZONE) | CALCASIEU (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K | |
| UPPER ST. MARTIN (ZONE) | UPPER ST. MARTIN (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| IBERIA (ZONE) | IBERIA (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ACADIA (ZONE) | ACADIA (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BEAUREGARD (ZONE) | BEAUREGARD (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| AVOYELLES (ZONE) | AVOYELLES (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| RAPIDES (ZONE) | RAPIDES (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ALLEN (ZONE) | ALLEN (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 0.00K | |
| LOWER ST. MARTIN (ZONE) | LOWER ST. MARTIN (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| LAFAYETTE (ZONE) | LAFAYETTE (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |
| VERNON (ZONE) | VERNON (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| JEFFERSON DAVIS (ZONE) | JEFFERSON DAVIS (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ST. LANDRY (ZONE) | ST. LANDRY (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| EVANGELINE (ZONE) | EVANGELINE (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| VERMILION (ZONE) | VERMILION (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CAMERON (ZONE) | CAMERON (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ST. MARY (ZONE) | ST. MARY (ZONE) | LA | 01/08/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Cold/Wind Chill | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 1 | 0 | 85.00K | 0.00K |
