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...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY AND WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...LEADING TO THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY REACH THE MID 40S TO MID 50S TODAY...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A RATHER CHILLY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

* DURATION...FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD PERSIST FOR 3 TO 8 HOURS.

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND ANIMALS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE OR PROVIDED WITH OTHER WARM SHELTER.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. TAMMANY ... WASHINGTON ... WEST BATON ROUGE ... WEST FELICIANA

Instructions:

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.