Freeze Warning in effect until 8 AM CST Saturday
...ANOTHER COLD MARCH NIGHT IN STORE... .THIN HIGH CLOUDS CURRENTLY OVERHEAD WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. COMBINE THAT WITH LIGHT WINDS AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS AND RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL BE ALMOST OPTIMAL. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET AND THEN CONTINUE TO COOL...ALBEIT MORE SLOWLY...OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE WITH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE WARNED AREA ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 8 AM. ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO NEAR 32 IN THE WARNED AREA. COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI ALONG WITH LOCATIONS IN THE PEARL RIVER AND PASCAGOULA DRAINAGE ZONES.
* DURATION...3 TO AS MUCH AS 10 HOURS.
* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND ARE DANGEROUS FOR OUTDOOR PETS.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... 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.
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:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Freeze Warning