URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
516 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE
REGION FROM 9 AM THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION
FROM 6 PM CST TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
AREAWIDE FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* EVENT...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE REGION
  TODAY...WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT RESULTING IN GUSTY
  NORTHERLY WINDS. THIS WILL ALSO SPILL THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR
  THIS WINTER SEASON SOUTHWARD...WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
  FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND
  WELL INTO THE TEENS AREAWIDE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY.

* TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER 9 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
  TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION
  EARLY THIS EVENING...AND NOT CLIMB BACK ABOVE 20 DEGREES UNTIL MID
  MORNING THURSDAY.

* IMPACT...BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES DUE TO
  ROUGH CHOP. IN ADDITION...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE VERY COLD
  TEMPERATURES CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE. KEEP AN EYE ON THE
  ELDERLY...AS THEY CAN BE VERY VULNERABLE TO THESE DANGEROUSLY
  COLD TEMPERATURES. ENSURE THAT EXPOSED PIPES ARE COVERED AND
  SENSITIVE VEGETATION IS PROTECTED. IF POSSIBLE...BRING PETS
  INDOORS OR GIVE THEM A WARM PLACE TO STAY.

  PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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