It’s snowed in south Louisiana and everybody knows it as social media is flooded with videos of our winter wonderland. Michelle Southern has more…
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A hard freeze warning continues in southeast Louisiana until 10 a.m. The state Department of Transportation urges motorists to be cautious when driving as black ice could be on the roadway.
Many people were off work and playing outside yesterday as south Louisiana saw some snow. State Cimatologist Barry Keim says even though it’s hard to believe, we tend to see snow flurries more often than hurricanes. But for it to span nearly the entire bottom half of the state is very rare.
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More than six inches stuck in Kentwood, and snow covered the grass in Baton Rouge for the first time since December of 2009.
A blast of cold Canadian air dropped temperatures to below freezing last night. National Weather Service forecaster Michael Hill says hard freeze warnings are in effect for several areas including Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans. Hill says a warming trend will put temperatures closer to normal this weekend.
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