000 WWUS72 KTAE 021102 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 602 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY FOR THE SAME AREA... .A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR IS RUSHING INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES NOW BEGINNING TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A TRUE HARD FREEZE WILL NOW LIKELY NOT OCCUR OVER MOST AREAS THIS MORNING SINCE THE ARCTIC AIR WAS A BIT SLOW TO ARRIVE AND THE NORTHWEST WINDS WERE A BIT STRONGER THAN EXPECTED...MANY LOCATIONS SHOULD STILL EXPERIENCE A FEW HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPS. IN ADDITION ...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 DEGREES THIS MORNING...AND 27 TO 32 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S. TONIGHT...AS THE ARCTIC HIGH SETTLES IN TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION...WINDS WILL BECOME NEAR CALM OVER MOST AREAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO PLUMMET QUICKLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE 20S...WITH LOWS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER TEENS OVER THE INTERIOR TO THE LOWER 20S NEAR THE COAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN 7 TO 9 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR AND 5 TO 7 HOURS NEAR THE COAST. ADDITIONALLY...SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR UP TO 14 HOURS. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 022100- /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080102T1500Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.W.0002.080103T0200Z-080103T1500Z/ 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 602 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008 /502 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY... ALTHOUGH A TRUE HARD FREEZE WILL NOW LIKELY NOT OCCUR OVER MOST AREAS THIS MORNING...MANY LOCATIONS SHOULD STILL EXPERIENCE A FEW HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPS. IN ADDITION ...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 DEGREES THIS MORNING. TONIGHT...AS THE ARCTIC HIGH SETTLES IN TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION...WINDS WILL BECOME NEAR CALM OVER MOST AREAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO PLUMMET QUICKLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE 20S...WITH LOWS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER TEENS OVER THE INTERIOR TO THE LOWER 20S NEAR THE COAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN 7 TO 9 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS OVER THE INTERIOR AND 5 TO 7 HOURS NEAR THE COAST. ADDITIONALLY...SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR UP TO 14 HOURS. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...BUT THERE IS GREATER UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THIS SINCE HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE INCREASE. IF THESE CLOUDS BECOME 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 FOR SEVERAL OR MORE HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS... AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. $$ 17-GOULD