NPWLCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
331 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL LIKELY SET THE STAGE FOR THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS WINTER SEASON TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING.

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VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-
JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...WOODVILLE...
JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON
331 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF
THIS COLD FRONT...THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS SEASON IS POISED TO
MOVE INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S WITH LOCALLY COOLER SPOTS DIPPING INTO THE
UPPER TEENS FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING FOR 10 TO 15 HOURS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW
TEMPERATURES TO REACH 27 DEGREES OR LOWER FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION...HARM OUTDOOR
PETS...AND POSSIBLY BURST EXPOSED WATER PIPES.

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