HARD FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 234 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM
CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM
CST SATURDAY.
SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT...LASTING
UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S ARE POSSIBLE
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1051 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY.
RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN MIXING WITH THE RAIN
AFTER NOON. A COMPLETE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING...AND AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE
DAY...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE BY THIS EVENING. BEFORE THE
SNOW ENDS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW
FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. THUS...ANY REMAINING SNOW OR MOISTURE
WILL FREEZE ONTO ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES AND CREATE
AREAS OF POORLY VISIBLE BLACK ICE.
TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED IN THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER
2 INCHES WITHIN 12 HOURS IS EXPECTED...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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