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Freeze Warning 4, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 18, 20154 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this freeze warning at Feb 18, 2015, 4:15 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 19, 2015, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 66 min. 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 18, 2015, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 19, 2015, 4:06 AM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA

Counties Assumption Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA

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 18, 3:33 AM CST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 3:33 AM CST, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 3:27 AM CST, 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
327 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

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>082-182130-
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-
327 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE OPEN GULF
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TODAY AND THEN FOR THE OPEN WATERS EAST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF
20 TO 25 KNOTS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THESE AREAS.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINES IN PLACE OVER THE
SOUNDS AND TIDAL LAKES DUE TO NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS
TODAY.

FIRE WEATHER...
BREEZY CONDITIONS AND RH VALUES DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S
WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONCERNS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. CONDITIONS ARE BORDERLINE TO RED FLAG WARNING
CRITERIA AND IF AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN FORECAST THEN
THE RH VALUES WILL BE LOWER AND A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES...
ONE LAST ISSUE FOR TONIGHT IS FREEZING CONCERNS. A HARD FREEZE
LOOKS LIKELY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI ALONG
WITH THE FAR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHSHORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LOWS WILL DIP TO AND BELOW 25 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS. WITH THAT A
HARD FREEZE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND
NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WOODVILLE TO AMITE TO SLIDELL TO
PASCAGOULA. IN ADDITION TO THE HARD FREEZE...A LIGHT FREEZE WILL
OCCUR ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR LOCATIONS RIGHT ALONG
THE COAST IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. WITH THAT A FREEZE WARNING WILL
BE IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHSHORE BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE THE LOWER
PORTIONS OF THE PARISHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP
FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH THE GULF SOUTH. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE GULF WATERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

CAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 4:15 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	24 hr
Feb 18, 11:35 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River	6 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2015 Every freeze warning in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.