Re: January: Strong Arctic Front/Winter Storm Warning/Adviso
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:03 am
Oboy! And I thought WE were going to have problems!
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
931 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014
...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY AND SPREAD
PRECIPITATION BACK INTO THE AREA. WITH A VERY COLD AIRMASS ALREADY
IN PLACE... PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO FALL AS FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW ACROSS MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM ICING DUE TO FREEZING
RAIN AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES FALLING.
LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-281145-
/O.CON.KLIX.WS.W.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-WASHINGTON-
ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...
BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE...
THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...
KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...
HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...
AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE...
WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...
PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...
BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...
ST. MARTIN
931 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
* TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS
DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY
TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
10 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALL
LOCATIONS WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY NEARING ONE HALF INCH
SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW
ORLEANS AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES. ELSEWHERE IN
THE WARNED AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF NEAR TO LESS THAN ONE INCH
ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY
HAZARDOUS BEGINNING BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH MID-
MORNING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE
ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME...HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND
TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Hey, I'm not laughing at them. We've been there too, right?
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
931 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014
...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY AND SPREAD
PRECIPITATION BACK INTO THE AREA. WITH A VERY COLD AIRMASS ALREADY
IN PLACE... PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO FALL AS FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW ACROSS MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM ICING DUE TO FREEZING
RAIN AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES FALLING.
LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-281145-
/O.CON.KLIX.WS.W.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T1200Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-WASHINGTON-
ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...
BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE...
THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...
KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...
HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...
AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE...
WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...
PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...
BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...
ST. MARTIN
931 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
* TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS
DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY
TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
10 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALL
LOCATIONS WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY NEARING ONE HALF INCH
SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW
ORLEANS AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT LOUISIANA PARISHES. ELSEWHERE IN
THE WARNED AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF NEAR TO LESS THAN ONE INCH
ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND WIND CHILL VALUES
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY
HAZARDOUS BEGINNING BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH MID-
MORNING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE
ABOVE FREEZING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME...HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND
TREE LIMBS BECOMING TOO HEAVY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Hey, I'm not laughing at them. We've been there too, right?