HARD FREEZE WATCH FOR: Amite Hancock Harrison Jackson Pearl River Pike Walthall Wilkinson ...FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT... .A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 12 CORRIDOR. LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. * DURATION...AROUND 12 TO 15 HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING CONDITIONS. 7 TO 10 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR PERSONS... LIVESTOCK AND PETS. PROPERTY LOSS POTENTIAL FROM FROZEN PIPES AND PLUMBING. HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL LOSSES CAN BE SIGNIFICANT WITHOUT PROPER MITIGATION MEASURES. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES... PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. PETS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS... THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:00:27 +0000