Freeze Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

316 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OVER THE I-10 CORRIDOR AND THE COASTAL MARSHES...

.A DEPARTING COASTAL LOW WILL PULL IN STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTH.

VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON

316 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

332 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-

CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-

332 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST

CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WINDS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES... AS SKIES CLEAR OUT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BELOW FREEZING IN MANY PLACES...REACHING THE UPPER 20S

IN EAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FREEZING TEMPERATURES...MONDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY MORNING COULD SEE A HARD FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO THE MID 20S IN EAST

TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

THUNDERSTORMS...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEDNESDAY.