Thursday, February 10, 2011

Hard Freeze Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
944 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011

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/O.CON.KSHV.HZ.W.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...
DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA
944 PM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT WILL CONTINUE A HARD FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 12 AM CST TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
FRIDAY.

* A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS SETTLED ACROSS THE REGION.
  TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE TEENS BEFORE
  DAYBREAK...ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
  OKLAHOMA...AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

* IMPACTS: THESE EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST
  THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BEFORE SLOWLY CLIMBING INTO
  THE 20S BY MID MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
  PROTECT WATER PIPES...PETS AND PLANTS FROM THESE VERY COLD
  CONDITIONS.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL PLACE GREAT STRESS ON PERSONS WITHOUT ADEQUATE HEAT. CHECK ON
YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE HEATING DURING THIS
EXTENDED COLD PERIOD.

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