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Hard Freeze Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 7, 201712 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 7, 2017, 9:47 AM CST for 12 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 8, 2017, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2017, 9:47 AM CST (15:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 7, 2017, 10:37 AM CST
In force
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 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hard 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 hard freeze warning went out at Jan 6, 5:06 PM CST, 16 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 5:06 PM CST, 16 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 10:46 AM CST, 23 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1046 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017

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>082-070500-
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO
PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND
LOUISIANA OUT 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-
1046 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO
ICING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IN ADDITION...TREES LIMBS AND
POWER LINES MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BATON ROUGE TO BOGALUSA TO
POPLARVILLE. AREAS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY MIX WITH OR
CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER TODAY OR THIS
EVENING...AND SOME ICING OF BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IS POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES.

FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT. THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE I-12 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND FOR ALL OF
THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. A FREEZE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
PARISHES TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN 20
AND 26 DEGREES IN THE HARD FREEZE WARNING AND 27 TO 32 DEGREES IN
THE FREEZE WARNING.

STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35
KNOTS OR MORE HAVE PROMPTED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ISSUANCES FOR
ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WIND
ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PARISHES NEAR AND SOUTH
OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN DUE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT STARTING AT 9 PM ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO VALUES FROM THE UPPER
SINGLE DIGITS INTO THE TEENS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT MOST OF SATURDAY
MORNING.

FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY FOR ALL
OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY RESULTING IN CONTINUED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES DURING
THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER ROUND OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY
DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT PLEASE REPORT ANY
OCCURRENCES OF HAIL AND SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SLIDELL.

TD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 6:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana25 min
Jan 7, 9:47 AM CSTFreeze WarningLIXSaint Bernard50 min
Jan 7, 10:37 AM CSTFreeze WarningLIXSaint Bernard22 hr
Jan 7, 10:37 AM CSTHard Freeze WarningLIXAssumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena and 6 more22 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2017Hard Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2017Every hard freeze warning in 2017

Sources

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