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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Friday December 9th, 2016 :: 03:57 p.m. CST

Advisory

Freeze Warning until 08:00AM Saturday

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES NORTH AND WEST OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN OVERNIGHT... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS PUSHED COLD AND DRY AIR INTO THE AREA. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST AND NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS 25 TO 31 DEGREES.

* DURATION...TEMPERATURES COULD FALL BELOW FREEZING AS EARLY AS 10 PM CST TONIGHT IN A FEW SPOTS WITH MANY AREAS AT OR BELOW FREEZING BY 2 AM CST. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE ABOUT 4 TO 6 HOURS BELOW FREEZING.

* IMPACTS...A FREEZE MAY KILL OR DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. TAMMANY ... WEST BATON ROUGE

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

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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

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