NPWJAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 858 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 FLZ020>023-030-035-131300- /O.CAN.KJAX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110112T1400Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.HZ.W.0002.110113T0300Z-110113T1400Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-UNION-GILCHRIST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY... MACCLENNY...LAKE BUTLER...TRENTON 858 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 30 DEGREES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH DURATIONS OF 3 TO 5 HOURS BELOW FREEZING POSSIBLE. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. DURATIONS OF 7 TO 11 HOURS BELOW FREEZING WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT TEMPERATURES LESS THAN 27 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS. TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN- GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT TEMPERATURES LESS THAN 27 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS. && $$