NPWLCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
956 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011

LAZ027>033-TXZ180>182-201-130400-
/O.EXT.KLCH.HZ.W.0003.110113T0200Z-110113T1600Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...WOODVILLE...
JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON
956 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY.

FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS
WILL MAXIMIZE RADIATIONAL COOLING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR
FROM MIDEVENING WEDNESDAY TO MIDMORNING THURSDAY. HARD FREEZE
TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 PM WEDNESDAY AND 9 AM THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S OR COLDER
ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS
AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO
PROTECT PLANTS BY COVERING THEM OR BRINGING THEM INSIDE. ALSO...
PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED OR MOVED INDOORS.

BE CAREFUL HEATING YOUR HOME. KEEP SPACE HEATERS AT LEAST
36 INCHES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN. TURN IT OFF ANYTIME
YOU LEAVE THE ROOM OR GO TO BED.

TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER
PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED OR DRAINED.

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