FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 226 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING.
A LIGHT FREEZE IS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND
AND AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL
HOURS THIS MORNING AS CLEARING SKIES CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST.
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.
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