000 WWUS72 KTAE 011926 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 226 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SAME AREA... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...USHERING IN VERY COLD DRY AIR ON GUSTY NORTH WINDS. THIS COLD AIR MASS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 021500- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0001.080103T0000Z-080103T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.HZ.W.0001.080102T0600Z-080102T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...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 226 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /126 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID TO LATE MORNING. THE DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 HOURS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 20S...EVEN AT THE COAST. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. IN FACT...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE EVEN COLDER AS LOW DROP IN TO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS IN THE NORMALLY COLDER INLAND LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE CITIES...AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S AT THE COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID MORNING THURSDAY. MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 12 OR MORE HOURS. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...BUT THERE IS GREATER UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THIS SINCE HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MAY BE ON THE INCREASE. IF THESE CLOUDS ARE THICK ENOUGH THEY COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM BEING AS COLD AS CURRENTLY FORECAST. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS... AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. A WATCH MEANS THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. $$ FOURNIER