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Freeze Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 11, 20114 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this freeze warning at Feb 11, 2011, 3:30 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 12, 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 11, 2011, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 12, 2011, 9:00 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, 9.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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
5 follow-up statements
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
247 
WWUS74 KLIX 112135
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
335 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

...FRIGID TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT...

.ANOTHER NIGHT OF FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS
SHOULD REMAIN CALM TO LIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. A WARMING
TREND IS EXPECTED TO ONSET OVER THE WEEKEND THAT SHOULD LAST
THROUGH ALL OF NEXT WEEK. 

LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-120545-
/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
335 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY...

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.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PEOPLE...PETS AND
PLANTS FROM THE COLD. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE
HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES.

$$

LAZ056>070-120545-
/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
335 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY...

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
968 
WWUS74 KLIX 120545
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1145 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

...FRIGID TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT...

.ANOTHER NIGHT OF FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS
SHOULD REMAIN CALM TO LIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. A WARMING
TREND IS EXPECTED TO ONSET OVER THE WEEKEND THAT SHOULD LAST
THROUGH ALL OF NEXT WEEK.

LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-121345-
/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
1145 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

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.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PEOPLE...PETS AND
PLANTS FROM THE COLD. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE
HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES.

$$

LAZ056>070-121345-
/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
1145 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...

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.

$$
061 
WWUS74 KLIX 121034
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
434 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...

.CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR CALM WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO FALL ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO THROUGH SUNRISE WITH
A HARD FREEZE NORTH AND WEST OF THE TIDAL LAKES INTO SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...AND A LIGHT FREEZE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN WITH ONLY THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST
REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING. 

LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-121500-
/O.CON.KLIX.HZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-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
434 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING ACROSS AREAS WEST AND NORTH OF LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND
MAUREPAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. 

TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MID 20S...AND MAY DROP ANOTHER
DEGREE OR TWO THROUGH 7 AM BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING
AROUND 9 AM.

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.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PEOPLE...PETS AND
PLANTS FROM THE COLD EARLY THIS MORNING. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL
WITH PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS
FUMES.

$$

LAZ056>070-121500-
/O.CON.KLIX.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-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
434 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING
ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF THE TIDAL LAKES.

TEMPERATURES ON THE WEST BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DOWN TO
NEAR HOUMA HAVE FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S...AND TEMPERATURES ON
THE EAST BANK HAVE RECENTLY FALLEN TO NEAR FREEZING ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED ABOVE FREEZING
WITHIN A COUPLE MILES OF THE SOUTHSHORE OF THE TIDAL LAKES AND
ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES. TEMPERATURES MAY FALL ANOTHER DEGREE
OR TWO THROUGH 7 AM BEFORE RISING ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PEOPLE...PLANTS AND PETS SHOULD
CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH
PORTABLE HEATERS...THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES.

$$

22/TD
062 
WWUS74 KLIX 121518
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
918 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...THE HARD FREEZE AND FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

.TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM UNDER FULL SUNSHINE TODAY. A
STEADY WARMING TREND WILL ONSET SUNDAY THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
ALL OF NEXT WEEK. 

LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-121630-
/O.EXP.KLIX.HZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-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
918 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

LAZ056>070-121630-
/O.EXP.KLIX.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-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
918 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

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 11, 3:18 AM CST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:18 AM CST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
318 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

...ONE MORE COLD DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE WE FINALLY MODERATE...

.SHORT TERM...LOW CLOUDS HAVE REALLY BEEN STUBBORN OVER THE ERN HALF
OF THE CWA  THANKS TO THE H85 THERMAL TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE WRN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THESE CLOUDS ARE WREAKING HAVOC WITH TEMPS AS
MANY PLACES ARE NOT COOLING AS FAST AS ANTICIPATED TAHT SAID IF/ONCE
CLOUDS MOVE AWAY THIN OUT TEMPS SHOULD DROP QUICKLY. OUTSIDE OF CLOUDS
TEMPS HAVE DROPPED OFF NICELY WITH BTR AT 26...HUM AT 28...AND NBG
AT 30 BEFORE 9Z.

TODAY AND TONIGHT...THE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD FINALLY COMPLETELY MOVE OFFSHORE
THIS MORNING WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE
CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE AREA TO AND LL TEMPS WILL REMAIN QUITE
COLD. H925 TEMPS REMAIN IN THE -3 TO 0C RANGE AND THIS WILL ONLY
LEAD TO UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S FOR HIGHS TODAY. VERY DRY DEWPOINTS
WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AS THE CNTR OF THE SFC HIGH PUSHES TO
SOUTH TWRDS THE CNTRL TX COAST. WITH CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND
THESE DRY DEWPOINTS A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
THE ENTIRE REGION AGAIN TONIGHT WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING ANOTHER
HARD FREEZE. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE AND FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED
FOR TONIGHT.

THIS WEEKEND...NW FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION WHILE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY WORK EAST TWRDS THE NCNTRL GULF BY SUN. EVEN
THOUGH TEMPS WILL START TO MODERATE WE WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL IN
TEMPS AND DRY WITH CLEAR SKIES THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. /CAB/

.LONG TERM...DEFINITE PATTERN SHIFT ON THE WAY WHICH WILL BRING A
END TO WINTER FOR NOW. OVERALL THE MEDIUM RANGE MDLS ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK AND THEN THE ECMWF BECOMES MORE
AMPLIFIED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH THE BUILDING RIDGE
OVER THE ERN HALF OF THE CONUS AND A POLAR VORTEX CNTRD OVER THE PAC
NW STATES. THE GFS HAS THE RIDGE AXIS JUST OFF THE EAST COAST WITH
BROAD WSW FLOW OVER THE REGION. THAT SAID THE SENSIBLE WEATHER OVER
OUR REGION REALLY ISNT MUCH DIFFERENT SO WILL STICK CLOSE TO THE NEW
MEX GUIDANCE. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN MUCH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS
FINALLY MOVING IN.

MON THROUGH THU...NW FLOW ALOFT WILL START TO BREAK DOWN AS THE MID
LVL RIDGE THAT WAS OVER THE WRN CONUS WEAKENS AND PUSHES EAST OVER
OUR AREA. BY TUE ZONAL FLOW WILL BE OVER THE CWA WITH THE RIDGE
BEGINNING TO REBUILD OVER THE MS VALLEY LATE WED AND THU. AT THE SFC
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE ENTIRE TIME CNTRD MOSTLY OVER THE
NRN GULF UNTIL WED WHEN THE CNTR FINALLY MOVES OFF TO THE NE. THAT
SAID THE SFC RIDGE AXIS WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE WSW ACROSS THE SERN
CONUS/NRN GULF KEEPING DRIER CONTINENTAL AIR OVER THE AREA. LL TEMPS
WILL SLOWLY WARM OVER THE DAYS WITH H925 TEMPS ON 8/9C ON MON TO
11/12C ON THU. THIS SHOULD ALLOW HIGHS TO GET BACK INTO THE LOWER
70S BY WED/THU. LOWS WILL STILL FALL INTO THE 40S THROUGH WED BUT
COULD REMAIN IN THE 50S THU MORNING. /CAB/

&&

.AVIATION...
A THERMAL TROUGH AXIS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE REGION HAS RESULTED IN
THE FORMATION OF AN ELEVATED INVERSION AND A RESULTANT LOW STRATUS
DECK ACROSS A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.  A LOW CLOUD DECK
RUNNING AROUND 1K FEET WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST 12Z
BEFORE CLEARING.  THIS CLEARING WILL TAKE PLACE AS THE ELEVATED INVERSION
ERODES DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING.  IMPACTED TERMINALS INCLUDE
KMCB...KASD...KHSA...KGPT...KMSY...AND KNEW.  A PERIOD OF IFR
CEILING RESTRICTIONS IS ANTICIPATED BETWEEN 08-12Z...WITH VFR
CONDITIONS TAKING HOLD AFTER 12Z.  THESE VFR CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS A DRY AND
STABLE AIRMASS DOMINATES THE GULF SOUTH. /32/

&&

.MARINE...

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FORECAST THIS MORNING.
OVERALL...A VERY BENIGN PATTERN WILL TAKE HOLD OF THE MARINE ZONES
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  STRONG RIDGING IN THE LOW LEVELS AND ALOFT
WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.  THIS RIDGING WILL
REMAIN PLACE THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD.  AS A
RESULT...WINDS GENERALLY AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS OF 3 FEET
OR LESS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES. /32/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  48  23  59  29 /   0   0   0   0
BTR  52  25  60  33 /   0   0   0   0
ASD  51  24  58  29 /   0   0   0   0
MSY  47  31  56  36 /   0   0   0   0
GPT  52  25  58  29 /   0   0   0   0
PQL  52  23  59  27 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 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.

     FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY TO 9 AM SATURDAY 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.

     HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 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.

     HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY TO 9 AM SATURDAY 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.

GM...NONE.
MS...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL
     RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL...AND WILKINSON.

     HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY TO 9 AM SATURDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL
     RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL...AND WILKINSON.

GM...NONE.

&&

SHORT/LONG TERM: CAB
AVIATION/MARINE: 32
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 7:05 PM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
705 PM 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>082-120115-
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-
705 PM 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...TONIGHT

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR AREAS NORTH AND
WEST OF THE LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES AND ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF THE TIDAL LAKES FOR A LIGHT
TO MODERATE FREEZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MODERATE TO HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED AGAIN 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 THE TIDAL LAKES FRIDAY NIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.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 THURSDAY...FEBRUARY 17TH.

CAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 3:30 AM CSTHard Freeze WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Washington and 2 more30 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.