NPWLCH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 343 PM CST SUN DEC 3 2006 ...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA MONDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE CLEAR SKIES...CALM WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES. LAZ027-030-TXZ180>182-040000- /O.NEW.KLCH.FZ.A.0001.061205T0300Z-061205T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.LW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-061204T0000Z/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...DERIDDER...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON 343 PM CST SUN DEC 3 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO LOWS IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 20S OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AROUND 3 AM AND RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING. AROUND 4 HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THE PROLONGED COLD TEMPERATURES COULD DO DAMAGE TO UNPROTECTED VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE FREEZING OF EXPOSED WATER PIPES. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ LAZ028-029-031>033-040000- /O.NEW.KLCH.FZ.A.0001.061205T0300Z-061205T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.LW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-061204T0000Z/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...OAKDALE... VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS 343 PM CST SUN DEC 3 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...