Alert archive / Louisiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2014, 1:40 PM CST for 13 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2014, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2014, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
Counties Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 7:01 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Baton Rouge, LA | LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER 7AM. |
| Jan 28, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 0 | New Roads, LA | LIGHT SNOW OCCURING IN NEW ROADS. |
| Jan 28, 8:39 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Independence, LA | FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATING IN INDEPENDENCE. VEHICLES STOPPING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CLEAR WINDSHIELDS AND FREE WIPERS. |
| Jan 28, 8:40 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0 | 3 Ene Baton Rouge, LA | HEAVY SLEET FALLING IN CENTRAL. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 9:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Bogalusa, LA | FREEZING RAIN FALLING IN BOGALUSA JUST STARTING TO ACCUMULATE. |
| Jan 28, 9:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mccomb, MS | NUMEROUS SURFACE STREETS BEGINNING TO GLAZE OVER WITH CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW ALL OVER PIKE COUNTY. |
| Jan 28, 9:15 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Greensburg, LA | NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ST HELENA PARISH REPORTING NUMEROUS STREETS GLAZING OVER WITH COMPLETE CHANGE OVER TO SLEET NOW. |
| Jan 28, 9:35 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Kentwood, LA | SNOW AND SLEET BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE IN KENTWOOD. |
| Jan 28, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Mccomb, MS | QUARTER TO HALF AND INCH OF SLEET ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. BEGINNING TO MIX OVER WITH MORE SNOW. |
| Jan 28, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Tylertown, MS | QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN. BEGINNING TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. MOST OF THE COUNTY BRIDGES ARE ICED OVER. |
| Jan 28, 10:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Roseland, LA | JSUT STARTING TO ACCUMULATE SLEET IN ROSELAND. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 10:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Roseland, LA | JUST STARTING TO ACCUMULATE SLEET IN ROSELAND. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 10:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Brusly, LA | OVER A TENTH OF AN INCH PROVIDING A GOOD GLAZE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SLEET MIXING IN AT TIMES. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 11:10 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Slaughter, LA | ICE AND SLEET LEADING TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 11:10 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Kentwood, LA | HEAVY SLEET IN KENTWOOD WITH HALF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION ALREADY. |
| Jan 28, 11:37 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Brusly, LA | GOOD GLAZE AND ICICLES BEGINNING TO FORM IN BURSLY. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 11:37 AM CST | SLEET 0.15 | Mount Herman, LA | JUST MORE THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF SLEET ON TOP OF A GOOD GLAZE IN MOUNT HERMAN. |
| Jan 28, 11:46 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Franklinton, LA | SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO HALF AN INCH IN FRANKLINTON. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 12:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Liberty, MS | REPORTS OF SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING AN INCH. LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON TRE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. |
| Jan 28, 12:05 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | St. Francisville, LA | HALF AN INCH OF SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE PARISH. 22 DEGREES IN ST FRANCISVILLE. STARTED AS FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 28, 12:55 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.9 | Kentwood, LA | MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET STILL OCCURRING IN KENTWOOD WITH SNOW MIXING IN. SLEET ACCUMULATION NOW BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1 INCH. |
| Jan 28, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Woodville, MS | AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW NEAR WOODVILLE...MISSISSIPPI. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 1:35 PM CST | SLEET 2 | Tylertown, MS | AROUND 2 INCHES OF SLEET IN TYLERTOWN. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 2:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | 5 Sw Clinton, LA | THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF SLEET IN ETHEL. REPLAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 2:09 PM CST | SLEET 0 | 3 E Picayune, MS | ABOUT A TENTH OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ICE IN PICAYUNE. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 2:51 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 2 S Mcneil, MS | JUST LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ICE IN CARRIERE...MISSISSIPPI. |
| Jan 28, 2:58 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Gramercy, LA | A TENTH OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATING IN GRAMERCY. |
| Jan 28, 4:00 PM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Mccomb, MS | MOST OF PIKE COUNTY SAW AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF MAINLY SLEET. ISOLATED AREAS POSSIBLY SAW HIGHER AMOUNTS. |
| Jan 28, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Tylertown, MS | AROUND 2 INCHES OF SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY AND INCH OF SNOW ON TOP LEADING TO A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 INCHES. |
| Jan 28, 4:30 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Pride, LA | QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET IN PRIDE. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 4:30 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 6 Ene Liberty, MS | ONE INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATED IN LIBERTY. |
| Jan 28, 4:30 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Mount Herman, LA | AROUND ONE INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON PARISH. |
| Jan 28, 4:40 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Greensburg, LA | AROUND HALF AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION AT THE EOC. LIGHT SLEET IS STILL FALLING. |
| Jan 28, 4:45 PM CST | SLEET 0.8 | 3 Ssw Gloster, MS | JUST OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATED. |
| Jan 28, 5:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 6 Ene Mccomb, MS | RIGHT AT HALF AN INCH OF COMBINED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMUALTION IN JAYEES |
| Jan 28, 5:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 1 N Addis, LA | COMBINED ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLLET BUT MAJORITY WAS IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 28, 5:45 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Centreville, MS | A COMBINED ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET. |
| Jan 28, 8:00 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 2 S Mcneil, MS | HALF AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATED BY THE END OF THE EVENT. |
| Jan 28, 8:30 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 3 E Picayune, MS | COMBINED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATED TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH BY THE END OF THE EVENT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
262 WWUS44 KLIX 271940 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 140 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TOMORROW... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TODAY AND IS SITUATED SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY AND SPREAD PRECIPITATION BACK INTO THE AREA. WITH A VERY COLD AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE... PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO FALL AS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW ACROSS MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES FALLING. LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-280345- /O.UPG.KLIX.WS.A.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.WS.W.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...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... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 140 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALL LOCATIONS WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY NEARING ONE HALF INCH SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES. ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF NEAR TO LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS BEGINNING BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH MID- MORNING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ 98/SO
6 follow-up statements
158 WWUS44 KLIX 280331 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 931 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY AND SPREAD PRECIPITATION BACK INTO THE AREA. WITH A VERY COLD AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE... PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO FALL AS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW ACROSS MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES FALLING. LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-281145- /O.CON.KLIX.WS.W.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...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... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 931 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALL LOCATIONS WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY NEARING ONE HALF INCH SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES. ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF NEAR TO LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS BEGINNING BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH MID- MORNING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
426 WWUS44 KLIX 281000 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 400 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE DEEP SOUTH THIS MORNING. UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE TRIGGERED FROM AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS FALLING INTO THE COLD AIR TO PRODUCE LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A TRANSITION EVENTUALLY TO SNOW AS THE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO COOL. THE WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER THIS EVENING IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS AND SLOWLY TAPER BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING CLOSER TO THE COAST. LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-281800- /O.CON.KLIX.WS.W.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...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... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 400 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH TODAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALL LOCATIONS WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY NEARING ONE HALF INCH SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES. ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF NEAR TO LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS BEGINNING BY DAYBREAK TODAY THROUGH MID-MORNING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO TONIGHT. SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCY REASONS ONLY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. && $$ 24/RR
495 WWUS44 KLIX 281813 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1213 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE DEEP SOUTH THIS MORNING. UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE TRIGGERED FROM AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS FALLING INTO THE COLD AIR TO PRODUCE LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A TRANSITION EVENTUALLY TO SNOW AS THE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO COOL. THE WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER THIS EVENING IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS AND SLOWLY TAPER BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING CLOSER TO THE COAST. LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-290215- /O.CON.KLIX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...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... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 1213 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ALL LOCATIONS WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY NEARING ONE HALF INCH SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AREA. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES. ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA...SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF NEAR TO LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PERSISTING INTO TONIGHT. SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCY REASONS ONLY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. && $$
148 WWUS44 KLIX 282206 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 406 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING... .A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-290615- /O.CON.KLIX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...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... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 406 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BATON ROUGE TO HAMMOND TO POPLARVILLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE NOON ON WEDNESDAY...SO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCY REASONS ONLY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. && $$
258 WWUS44 KLIX 290359 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 959 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE COMING TO AN END ACROSS LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT... .A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW HAS BEEN DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12 BUT PERSISTING SOUTH OF THERE. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-291200- /O.CON.KLIX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...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... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 959 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DONALDSONVILLE TO NEW ORLEANS. ADDITIONAL SLEET AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE NOON ON WEDNESDAY...SO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION... ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCY REASONS ONLY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. && $$
110 WWUS44 KLIX 291000 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 400 AM CST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... .THE WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AS OF 4 AM CST EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE LOUISIANA COAST. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS BEING REPLACED WITH A HARD FREEZE WARNING AND A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO ADDRESS ONGOING ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-291100- /O.CAN.KLIX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...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... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 400 AM CST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES HAVE BECOME AND REMAIN ICY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. TRAVEL REMAINS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ONLY. $$ 24/RR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 27, 4:26 AM CST, 9 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 4:26 AM CST, 9 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
426 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014
.SHORT TERM...
ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT A MEASURED 40
KTS ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM EAST
TENNESSEE...TO SHREVEPORT...INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. PROJECTING THE
FRONTAL SPEED PLACES THE FRONT THROUGH MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THE
FORECAST AREA BY 18Z TODAY. SO FAR EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE ON
TRACK FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT
ONSETTING LATE TONIGHT AND THEN REALLY GET GOING MUCH OF TUESDAY
BEFORE TAPERING WEDNESDAY MORNING. GIVEN THE LARGE DEGREE OF
SPREAD IN DIFFERENT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND COMBINATIONS...IT MAY
BE BEST TO GIVE AN AREAL TIMELINE OF APPROXIMATE ONSETS/ENDINGS
FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
KMCB...FROPA AROUND 8 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE MIDNIGHT...ENDING 11 AM
THU...DURATION 59 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 4 AM TUE
ENDING AROUND 6 AM WED.
KBTR...FROPA AROUND 830 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 2 AM...ENDING NOON THU...
DURATION 61 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 6 AM TUE ENDING
AROUND 6 AM WED.
KHDC/KASD...FROPA AROUND 9 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 5 AM...ENDING
NOON THU... DURATION 55 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 6 AM
TUE ENDING AROUND 7 AM WED.
KNEW/KMSY...FROPA AROUND 10 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 10 AM TUE...ENDING
10 AM THU... DURATION 48 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 7 AM
TUE ENDING AROUND 9 AM WED.
KGPT/KPQL...FROPA AROUND 10 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 6 AM
TUE...ENDING NOON THU... DURATION 54 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER
PRECIP AROUND 8 AM TUE ENDING AROUND 10 AM WED.
NOTE THE FREEZE DURATION MAY NOT BE CONSECUTIVE HOURS AS A FEW
LOCATIONS MAY BREIFLY WARM TO AROUND 33 TUE AFTERNOON FOR AN HOUR
OR TWO...BUT THE OVERALL GRIP OF THE ARCTIC AIR SHOULD BE CLOSE TO
THESE DURATIONS BEFORE WARM AIR ADVECTION ONSETS LATER THURSDAY.
.LONG TERM...
MUCH OF THE FOCUS WAS ON THE COMPLEX SHORT-TERM. OVERALL TRENDS
ARE FOR WARMER CONDITIONS TO BEGIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND. MAY HAVE SOME FOG ISSUES ONCE WARM ADVECTION GETS BETTER
ESTABLISHED LATER THIS WEEK. A WEAKER CONTINENTAL COLD FRONT
APPROACHES SATURDAY TO BRING RAIN CHANCES BACK INTO THE PICTURE
FOR THE WEEKEND BUT WITH CONSIDERABLY WARMER TEMPERATURES. 24/RR
&&
.AVIATION...
IN GENERAL...MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING. CEILINGS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1500 TO
2000 FEET AND VISIBLIITIES WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 MILES.
HOWEVER...SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CEILINGS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT KBTR AND KMCB THROUGH AROUND 14Z. A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND INCREASING ABOVE 12 KNOTS. THESE STRONG
WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION CONTINUES. AROUND 06Z...SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL
BEGIN TO DEVELOP AT KBTR AND KMCB...DUE TO STRONG ISENTROPIC FORCING
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION. AS COLDER AIR FEEDS INTO THE
REGION..RAIN WILL CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT THE
REMAINDER OF THE TERMINALS BETWEEN 09-12Z. THESE ICING CONDITIONS
WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. 32
&&
.MARINE...
ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. STRONG CROSS GRADIENT FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION TO TAKE HOLD OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...THE OVERALL PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WILL INCREASE THROUGH TIME AS A BROAD
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FORMS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL ALLOW
WINDS TO REMAIN ELEVATED AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS IN THE GULF COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE FINALLY RELAXING AS THE
SURFACE RIDGE BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE GULF SOUTH. IN THE SOUNDS
AND TIDAL LAKES...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP LATE
TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. GIVEN THE LONG
DURATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...SEAS WILL EASILY BUILD TO 7 TO
10 FEET IN THE OUTER WATERS...WITH SEAS OF 3 TO 7 FEET IN THE
LAKES...SOUNDS...AND NEARSHORE GULF WATERS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
DRAMATICALLY ON THURSDAY...AS THE SURFACE HIGH REMAINS PARKED OVER
THE NORTHERN GULF. WINDS WILL DROP TO 10 KNOTS OR LESS AND VEER TO
A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS PATTERN WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY. 32
&&
.DECISION SUPPORT...
DSS CODE...YELLOW.
DEPLOYED...NONE.
ACTIVATION...NONE.
ACTIVITIES...SLURRY SUPPORT
WINTER HAZARDS TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES (DSS) CODE LEGEND
GREEN = NO WEATHER IMPACTS THAT REQUIRE ACTION
BLUE = LONG FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY IN EFFECT OR HIGH
VISIBILITY EVENT
YELLOW = HEIGHTENED IMPACTS WITH SHORT FUSED
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY ISSUANCES; RADAR SUPPORT
ORANGE = HIGH IMPACTS - SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK SEVERE; NEARBY
TROPICAL EVENTS; HAZMAT OR OTHER LARGE EPISODES
RED = FULL ENGAGEMENT FOR MODERATE TO HIGH RISK SVR
AND/OR DIRECT TROPICAL THREATS; EVENTS OF NATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 55 25 29 15 / 30 20 80 80
BTR 58 27 32 17 / 40 20 80 80
ASD 61 28 33 18 / 50 20 80 80
MSY 62 30 33 21 / 50 20 80 80
GPT 64 29 34 18 / 60 20 80 80
PQL 64 29 33 18 / 60 20 80 80
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON
ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...LOWER
JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST.
BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...NORTHERN
TANGIPAHOA...ORLEANS...POINTE COUPEE...SOUTHERN
TANGIPAHOA...ST. CHARLES...ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST.
JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER
LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD...UPPER
TERREBONNE...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE...AND WEST
FELICIANA.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: 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 PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER OUT 20 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST
PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT THURSDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO
STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT
FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST
PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
MS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES:
AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL
RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL...AND WILKINSON.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: 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 PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER OUT 20 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST
PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT THURSDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO
STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT
FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST
PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&
24/RR
32Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 5:40 AM CST, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 540 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037- 039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-272345- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM 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 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- 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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 540 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS SNOW WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE COLDER AIR ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...WITH VARIABLE TYPES OF PRECIPITATION WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA DUE TO THIS POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER THREAT. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG NORTH WINDS...OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS AND ROUGH SEAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED TODAY. WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 32
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Louisiana, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Mississippi, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.