Now ALL Louisiana Parishes Have Winter Advisories Issued

UPDATE (7:54AM 1/15/24) - Now ALL Louisiana Parishes are under some form of advisory. The New Orleans metro area and surrounding parishes have now been placed under a Hard Freeze Warning.

ORIGINAL STORY - The storm being called Winter Storm Heather by some is making its full impact on parts of Louisiana right now. Wintry precipitation and sub-freezing temperatures are settling into the Northern Parishes of the state. The predictions for this storm led to the National Weather Service issuing numerous watches and warnings before the storm even made it to the state borders. As of right now, nearly all of the state are covered by some form of watches, warnings, or advisories.

The part of the state getting hit the hardest at the moment are Caddo and Bossier Parishes. Both of these parishes have had a Winter Storm Warning issued for days. That same Winter Storm Warning has even been extended to cover additional parishes. It now includes Union, Webster, Claiborne, Lincoln, and Ouachita parishes as well. In fact, this Winter Storm Warning stretches all the way from Caddo Parish on the west side of the state to East Carroll on the other side of the state.

But the parish directly south of East Carroll is not under a Winter Storm Warning. Madison Parish, on the Mississippi border is under a Winter Weather Advisory. There is a band of parishes from Madison Parish west to Sabine Parish that are all included in the Winter Weather Advisory. But that stretch of parishes doesn't go too far south, because by the time you get south to Rapides Parish, you're out of that advisory.

From Rapides Parish south to almost the gulf (Cameron Parish and other gulf parishes are under a Winter Weather Advisory) you see a Hard Freeze Warning.

In fact, the entire state is covered by some form of winter weather advisory or warning except 5 parishes. The only 5 that are not currently facing a watch, warning, or advisory are St. Bernard, Orleans, St. Charles, Jefferson, and Palquemines Parishes.

Everyone else in Louisiana has some concerns over the next 48-72 hours.