NPWTAE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
306 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST...

.AS A COLD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD AND SETTLES IN
RIGHT OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA ON TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME IDEAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RADIATIONAL
COOLING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDS BECOMING VERY LIGHT TO NEAR
CALM ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... WHICH
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING. LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
20S JUST BEFORE SUNRISE...WITH AT LEAST 2 TO 4 HOURS OF HARD
FREEZE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES
MAY BE SLIGHTLY WARMER NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST...INCLUDING THE
USUALLY WARMER URBAN AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE.
ADDITIONALLY...TOTAL DURATIONS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
LIKELY TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 HOURS...BEFORE TEMPERATURES MODERATE
QUICKLY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY UNDER PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

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GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-231400-
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/O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0004.110123T0500Z-110123T1400Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-
EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY...
COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...
HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...
MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN...
BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...
TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE...
SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...
FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER...
PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY...
SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE...
GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...
MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...
SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...
DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...
MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...
BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
306 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 /206 AM CST SAT JAN 22 2011/

...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/
TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/
TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AS A COLD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD AND SETTLES IN
RIGHT OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA ON TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME IDEAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RADIATIONAL
COOLING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDS BECOMING VERY LIGHT TO NEAR
CALM ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... WHICH
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING. LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
20S JUST BEFORE SUNRISE...WITH AT LEAST 2 TO 4 HOURS OF HARD
FREEZE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES
MAY BE SLIGHTLY WARMER NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST...INCLUDING THE
USUALLY WARMER URBAN AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE.
ADDITIONALLY...TOTAL DURATIONS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
LIKELY TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 HOURS...BEFORE TEMPERATURES MODERATE
QUICKLY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY UNDER PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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