000 FLUS42 KTAE 031100 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-041100- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-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- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 600 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 /500 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS UNTIL THIS EVENING... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS SURFACE WINDS SUBSIDE AND THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLES IN TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME NEAR CALM OVER MOST AREAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO PLUMMET QUICKLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE 20S INLAND...WITH LOWS BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 20 OVER THE INTERIOR TO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN 6 TO 8 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A GRADUAL WARMING TREND TAKES PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AT THE EARLIEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ALL NWS COOP SITES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THEIR LOWEST TEMPERATURES DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. $$ 12-WATSON