FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 234 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST
SATURDAY.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 AND 6 AM
...WARMING TO ABOVE FREEZING JUST AFTER SUNRISE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1051 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY.
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...WITH
SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO MIX WITH THE RAIN LATER THIS MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON. A COMPLETE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED BY
MID AFTERNOON...AND AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE
30S DURING THE DAY...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE BY THIS
EVENING. BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE.
TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW
FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL
SATURDAY MORNING. 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 WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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