NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 246 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2006 TXZ248>252-120300- /O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0001.060212T0000Z-060212T1300Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 246 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2006 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CST SUNDAY... MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...BROOKS...KENEDY...AND STARR COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CST SUNDAY. A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS PRESIDES OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS AIRMASS...IN COMBINATION WITH CLEAR MOSTLY SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS...WILL RESULT IN OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT RADIATIONAL COOLING TO OCCUR. SUBSEQUENTLY...TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED FOR THE COUNTIES IN THIS WARNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID THIRTIES CAN BE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN KILL OR DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$