URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
421 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007

...FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

.COLD AIR HAS RETURNED TO THE REGION AFTER A PROLONGED WARM
PERIOD. A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLORIDA AND RIVER
PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-
-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...
GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...
LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...
CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...
TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...
GULFPORT...
A LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND TO
THE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 12 CORRIDOR AS A
COLD AIRMASS BECOMES FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. AS WINDS DIMINISH UNDER CLEAR SKIES LATE
SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO
LOWER 30S SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. ALTHOUGH MOST LOCATIONS
IN THIS AREA HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF LIGHT FREEZES
THIS SEASON...THE REGION HAS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER THAT HAS PROMOTED GROWTH OF SOME PLANTS.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT TENDER
VEGETATION...PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE BLOOMED OUT OF SEASON.
BRING POTTED PLANTS INDOORS OR COVER WITH A BLANKET OR PROTECTIVE
COVERING.