National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1030 AM CST THU NOV 26 2009

...FIRST FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

.A VERY COOL AND DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE SURFACE RIDGE BECOMES MORE CENTERED OVER THE LOCAL AREA...CLEAR SKIES...LOW DEWPOINTS AND CALM OR VERY LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR VERY EFFICIENT RADIATIVE COOLING OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET NEAR DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS THAT ARE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A ST. FRANCISVILLE TO HAMMOND TO SLIDELL TO PASCAGOULA LINE. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES...WHERE AN HOUR OR TWO OF TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

LAZ035>040-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-270030- /O.NEW.KLIX.FZ.W.0007.091127T0900Z-091127T1300Z/ WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON- ST. TAMMANY-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK- HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON... GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA... FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE... CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB... TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD... GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT... GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN 1030 AM CST THU NOV 26 2009

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CST FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THAT ARE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST. FRANCISVILLE TO HAMMOND TO SLIDELL TO PASCAGOULA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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