After an extremely impressive snow event and winter fun across SWLA, arctic air and icy roads continue to be a problem.

In the last of a series of calls held by the office to help local officials make decisions on closures and emergency operations, Cramer pointed to some data showing “quite the historic event” in terms of weather.

Areas of Southwest Louisiana broke all-time record lows overnight Tuesday that dated back to the late 1800s. “It was quite the historic event for us,” said National Weather Service Lake Charles Storm Warning Meteorologist Doug Cramer.

By Thursday, highs should warm a little more. Another weaker cold front will arrive Thursday night, so low temperatures still should fall below freezing, especially where there is still more snow on the ground. By Friday, temperatures may return to the 50’s for highs.

Though NWS forecasters are still collecting official snowfall counts, these reports give a good look at just how much snow Louisiana saw.

A National Weather Service office in Louisiana issued its first-ever blizzard warning on Tuesday amid snow and strong winds.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Parish Executive Policy Group held a briefing for the public regarding preparations for the upcoming winter weather.

Southwest Louisiana spent Tuesday morning experiencing — likely for the first time ever — blizzard-like conditions with 35 mph wind gusts, a limited quarter-mile of visibility and up to 6 inches of snowfall recorded.

A storm chaser managed to capture two vastly different storms slamming the same spot in Lake Charles, Louisiana, over four years apart, footage posted on Tuesday, January 21, shows. Chad Casey captured footage of Hurricane Delta hitting this spot in downtown Lake Charles October,

Historic cold temperatures were recorded in Lake Charles overnight. COLD WEATHER RESOURCES: Temperatures dropped into the single digits Wednesday morning on the heels of one of the biggest snow events ever recorded in the city.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.