Freeze Warning until 09:00AM Thursday
A cold front has ushered the coldest air of the season into southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Clear skies Wednesday night will allow for temperatures to fall near or below freezing across much of the area. The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Thursday. The Freeze Watch is no longer in effect.
* 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 outside 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 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