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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Monday December 1st, 2014 :: 11:02 p.m. CST

Advisory

Dense Fog Advisory in effect until 7 AM CST Tuesday

...PATCHY TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE STALLING COLD FRONT TONIGHT... .AS A COLD FRONT TIES TO NUDGE INTO THE REGION LIGHT WINDS AND POOLING MOISTURE AHEAD OF IT WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THIS WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR AREAS OF FOG TO DEVELOP WITH PATCHY AND POSSIBLY AREAS OF DENSE FOG DEVELOPING. FOG HAS ALREADY STARTED TO DEVELOP WITH A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS TRYING TO DROP DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE ALREADY AND MORE SITES WILL LIKELY SEE VISIBILITIES DROP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST TUESDAY.

* VISIBILITY...A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS.

* DURATION...6 TO 7 HOURS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ORLEANS ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... ST. TAMMANY ... UPPER JEFFERSON ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER PLAQUEMINES ... UPPER ST. BERNARD ... UPPER TERREBONNE ... WASHINGTON ... WEST BATON ROUGE ... WEST FELICIANA

Instructions:

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Dense Fog Advisory

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