Alert archive / Louisiana / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this freeze warning at Feb 10, 2011, 4:53 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 11, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2011, 4:53 AM CST (10:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2011, 9:07 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
Counties Assumption Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
328 WWUS74 KLIX 101053 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 453 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...VERY COLD AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE GULF SOUTH.. .COLD ARCTIC AIR IS MOVING SOUTH OVER MOSTLY SNOW PACKED SURFACES WHICH IS NOT ALLOWING THE AIRMASS TO MODERATE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE REGION. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN THIS EVENING...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ALONG WITH THE VERY COLD AIR MOVING IN WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP VERY QUICKLY. BY FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES TO NEAR 30 DEGREES ALONG MUCH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST. THE NEW ORLEANS METRO IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S. A NUMBER OF RECORD LOWS WILL BE TESTED FRIDAY MORNING. LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-101900- /O.UPG.KLIX.HZ.A.0002.110211T0300Z-110211T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.HZ.W.0007.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE- WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE... PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES... DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 453 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HARD FREEZE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS AND INTO EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO GET INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 12 CORRIDOR. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL WITH MOST LOCATIONS NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S BY 2 AM. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 9 AM FRIDAY... MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 9 TO 12 HOURS AND IN THE MID 20S OR LOWER FOR OVER 3 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ LAZ056>070-101900- /O.UPG.KLIX.FZ.A.0002.110211T0300Z-110211T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.FZ.W.0008.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 453 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE FREEZE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO AREAS JUST INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO GET INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S FOR THE SOUTHSHORE AND THE RIVER AND COASTAL PARISHES. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL WITH MOST LOCATIONS NEAR FREEZING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE 9 AM...MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 6 TO 8 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ 22/TD
5 follow-up statements
084 WWUS74 KLIX 101851 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1251 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...VERY COLD AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE GULF SOUTH.. .COLD ARCTIC AIR IS MOVING SOUTH OVER MOSTLY SNOW PACKED SURFACES WHICH IS NOT ALLOWING THE AIRMASS TO MODERATE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE REGION. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN THIS EVENING...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ALONG WITH THE VERY COLD AIR MOVING IN WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP VERY QUICKLY. BY FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES TO NEAR 30 DEGREES ALONG MUCH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST. THE NEW ORLEANS METRO IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S. A NUMBER OF RECORD LOWS WILL BE TESTED FRIDAY MORNING. LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-110300- /O.CON.KLIX.HZ.W.0007.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE- WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE... PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES... DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 1251 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO GET INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 12 CORRIDOR. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL WITH MOST LOCATIONS NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S BY 2 AM. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 9 AM FRIDAY... MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 9 TO 12 HOURS AND IN THE MID 20S OR LOWER FOR OVER 3 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES... PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ LAZ056>070-110300- /O.CON.KLIX.FZ.W.0008.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 1251 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO GET INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S FOR THE SOUTHSHORE AND THE RIVER AND COASTAL PARISHES. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL WITH MOST LOCATIONS NEAR FREEZING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE 9 AM...MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 6 TO 8 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$
223 WWUS74 KLIX 102151 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 351 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT... .COLD AIR IS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE THE GULF STATES WITH NORTH WINDS BLOWING OVER EXTENSIVE SNOW PACK FARTHER NORTH. THIS WILL PRODUCE HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE IS EVEN ANTICIPATED TO EXTEND TO THE COASTAL MARSHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE TIDAL LAKES. LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-110600- /O.CON.KLIX.HZ.W.0007.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE- WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE... PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES... DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 351 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET WITH MID 20S ANTICIPATED TO BE REACHED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 9 AM FRIDAY... MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 9 TO 12 HOURS AND IN THE MID 20S OR LOWER FOR OVER 3 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES... PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ LAZ056>070-110600- /O.CON.KLIX.FZ.W.0008.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 351 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL WITH MOST LOCATIONS NEAR FREEZING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE 9 AM...MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 6 TO 8 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ 24/RR
246 WWUS74 KLIX 110405 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1005 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT... .COLD AIR IS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE THE GULF STATES WITH NORTH WINDS BLOWING OVER EXTENSIVE SNOW PACK FARTHER NORTH. THIS WILL PRODUCE HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE IS EVEN ANTICIPATED TO EXTEND TO THE COASTAL MARSHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE TIDAL LAKES. LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-111215- /O.CON.KLIX.HZ.W.0007.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE- WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE... PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES... DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 1005 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... TEMPERATURES HAVE QUICKLY FALLEN BELOW FREEZING HIS EVENING WITH MID 20S ALREADY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 9 AM FRIDAY... MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 9 TO 12 HOURS AND IN THE MID 20S OR LOWER FOR 4 HOURS TO AS MUCH AS 10 HOURS IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES... PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ LAZ056>070-111215- /O.CON.KLIX.FZ.W.0008.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/ ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 1005 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... TEMPERATURES HAVE QUICKLY FALLEN ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE AND RIVER AND COASTAL LOUISIANA PARISHES. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S IN THESE LOCATIONS AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL OVER MOST OF THE AREA. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE NEAR THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE 9 AM...MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 6 TO 9 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ CAB
484 WWUS74 KLIX 110930 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 330 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 ...FRIGID TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT... .COLD AIR IS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE THE GULF STATES AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR ONE MORE DAY. THIS IS PRODUCING A MODERATE TO HARD FREEZE OVER THE ENTIRE REGION THIS MORNING. THIS WILL ALSO LEAD TO HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AGAIN TONIGHT WHILE A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE IS EVEN ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE TIDAL LAKES. LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-111730- /O.NEW.KLIX.HZ.W.0008.110212T0600Z-110212T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.HZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110211T1500Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE- WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE... PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES... DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 330 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY WHILE A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING UNTIL 9AM. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL UNTIL SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 9 AM FRIDAY...MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL HAVE BEEN BELOW FREEZING FOR 9 TO 12 HOURS AND IN THE MID 20S OR LOWER FOR 4 HOURS TO AS MUCH AS 10 HOURS IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. LOOK FOR HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS AGAIN TONIGHT WITH LOWS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES... PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ LAZ056>070-111730- /O.NEW.KLIX.FZ.W.0009.110212T0600Z-110212T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110211T1500Z/ ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 330 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY WHILE A SEPARATE FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE AND RIVER AND COASTAL LOUISIANA PARISHES WITH TEMPERATURES ALREADY RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL ANOTHER FEW DEGREES THIS MORNING WITH LOWS RANGE FROM THE 26 TO NEAR 30 WITH A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING TO AND BELOW 25. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE 9 AM...MEANING THAT MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 6 TO 9 HOURS. ANOTHER LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. && $$ CAB
332 WWUS74 KLIX 111507 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 907 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 ...FRIGID TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT... .ONE COLD NIGHT HAS PASSED WITH ONE MORE NIGHT TO GO DURING THIS ARCTIC EPISODE. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN CALM TO LIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-112315- /O.CAN.KLIX.HZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110211T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.HZ.W.0008.110212T0600Z-110212T1500Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE- WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL... MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE... PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES... DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 907 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE HARD FREEZE WARNING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM STEADILY TODAY INTO THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S. A RETURN TO HARD FREEZE TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SATURDAY. MANY LOCATIONS SHOULD BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 9 TO 12 HOURS WITH HARD FREEZE DURATION OF 4 TO 8 HOURS OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES... PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. $$ LAZ056>070-112315- /O.CAN.KLIX.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110211T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.FZ.W.0009.110212T0600Z-110212T1500Z/ ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 907 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM STEADILY TODAY INTO THE UPPER 40S. A RETURN TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING SATURDAY. MANY LOCATIONS SHOULD BE BELOW FREEZING FOR 6 TO 9 HOURS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM 29 TO 31 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PEOPLE...PLANTS AND PETS SHOULD BE TAKEN AGAIN TONIGHT. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES. $$ 24/RR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Feb 9, 11:33 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 11:33 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1133 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011
.AVIATION...
A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SE LA AND IS NOW TRACKING THROUGH
THE NORTHERN GULF. EXPECT STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 20
KTS FOR MOST SITES WITH MSY AND NEW HAVING GUSTS AROUND 3O KTS.
THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST THRU THE NIGHT AND GRADUALLY BEGIN
WEAKENING AROUND MID MORNING. RAINFALL WILL BECOMING TO AN END
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR 2 FOR ALL SITES. EXPECT IFR CIGS TO
PERSIST THROUGH AROUND MID MORNING AND THEN MVFR CIGS UNTIL
AFTERNOON. BEYOND THAT...BKN/OVC HIGH LEVEL DECK SHOULD STILL BE
IN PLACE BUT VFR CONDITIONS ONGOING AT SITES.
MEFFER
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1057 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011/
UPDATE...
FORECAST PRODUCTS AND GRIDS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO END MOST OF THE
RAIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMOVE MOST OF THE MENTION OF SNOW
AND ICE IN THE FORECAST. DRIER AIR IS WORKING INT0 THE AREA AND
THE RAIN IS PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES LOWER
ENOUGH FOR A THREAT OF FROZEN OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...A
FEW FLURRIES CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND THE
ADJACENT PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS BEFORE ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. 11
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 26 40 19 48 / 30 0 0 0
BTR 30 43 22 53 / 30 0 0 0
ASD 32 46 23 52 / 80 10 0 0
MSY 34 43 28 50 / 80 10 0 0
GPT 34 45 24 52 / 80 10 0 0
PQL 35 46 23 52 / 80 10 10 0
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 10 AM FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ASCENSION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST
FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...POINTE COUPEE...ST.
HELENA...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON
ROUGE...AND WEST FELICIANA.
FREEZE WATCH FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 10 AM FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ASSUMPTION...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER
LAFOURCHE...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER
TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...ST. CHARLES...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST...UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER
PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD...AND UPPER TERREBONNE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...COASTAL WATERS
FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO
STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON
FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
MS...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 10 AM FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES:
AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL
RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL...AND WILKINSON.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...COASTAL WATERS
FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO
STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON
FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 1:50 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 150 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011 GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>040- 046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-110800- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA- TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES- ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON- ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL- PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 150 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT NO WINTER TYPE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED LAST EVENING OR EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OCCURRED...AND STANDING WATER MAY FREEZE WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...POSSIBLY ON A FEW BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BLACK ICE ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES. A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A MODERATE TO HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES AND ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER MANY AREAS SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AS WELL THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN AFFECT FOR ALL MARINE ZONES AS CONDITIONS REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MIDDAY THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND ROUGH WAVE AND SEA CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TUESDAY...FEBRUARY 15TH. 22/TD
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 12:55 AM CST | Gale Warning | LIX | 3 hr | |
| Feb 10, 12:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 9 hr | |
| Feb 10, 4:53 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Washington and 2 more | 28 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.