Freeze Watch until 09:00AM Thursday
A cold front has ushered the coldest air of the season into southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Clouds will keep temperatures above freezing tonight with wind chill factors in the 30s in most areas, but as skies clear Wednesday night, temperatures will fall near or below freezing across much of the area. The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a Freeze Watch, which is in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.
* TEMPERATURE...28 to 32 degrees across most of the watch area.
* DURATION...6 to 8 hours over southwest Mississippi, 3 to 6 hours elsewhere in the watch area.
* IMPACTS...Sensitive vegetation could be damaged. Wind chill values in the 20s will impact those ouside for prolonged periods overnight Wednesday night.
* AFFECTED AREAS: AMITE ... JACKSON ... ST. JAMES ... PEARL RIVER ... EAST FELICIANA ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. HELENA ... WASHINGTON ... POINTE COUPEE ... IBERVILLE ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... PIKE ... HARRISON ... ASSUMPTION ... WALTHALL ... WEST FELICIANA ... ST. TAMMANY ... UPPER TERREBONNE ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... LIVINGSTON ... HANCOCK ... ASCENSION ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... WEST BATON ROUGE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... WILKINSON
Instructions:
A Freeze Watch means sub-freezing temperatures are possible. These conditions could 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:
- Severe - Significant 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:
- Freeze Watch