Hard Freeze Watch in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday morning
...FIRST TRUE ARCTIC AIRMASS ON THE WAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN AND HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING AND BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL ALREADY BE WELL INTO PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. VERY COLD AND DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE INTO THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ...HARD FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS REPLACED THE FREEZE WATCH WITH A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURE...LOW TO MID 20S
* DURATION...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST FOR 10 TO 15 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S 6 TO 10 HOURS.
* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND DURATION CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND PETS WITH INSUFFICIENT WARM SHELTER. SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED IF UNPROTECTED. UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PIPES MAY ALSO BURST.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ASSUMPTION ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER TERREBONNE
Instructions:
A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 25 DEGREES OR LOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE. MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PETS THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME INSIDE... PREPARE A WARM DRY SHELTER WITH ACCESS TO UNFROZEN WATER. WRAP ANY OUTDOOR PIPES THAT MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING AND BURSTING.
Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SJPSO followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Hard Freeze Watch