Wind Chill Advisory in effect from midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Thursday
...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY RARE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...FALLING TO 5 TO 10 DEGREES OVER MANY AREAS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND 12 CORRIDOR...AND 9 TO 14 DEGREES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST.
* DURATION...5 TO 9 HOURS.
* 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 WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
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:
- 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:
- Wind Chill Advisory