000 WWUS72 KTAE 021529 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1029 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008 ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST/6 PM CST TODAY FOR THE SAME AREA... I .A VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL MAKE TEMPERATURES FEEL EVEN COLDER THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL NEVER GET ABOVE FREEZING TODAY...DESPITE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET AND A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WINDS GO CALM LATER TONIGHT. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 030000- /O.EXP.KTAE.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080102T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.LW.Y.0001.080102T1529Z-080103T0000Z/ /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 1029 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008 /929 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO NEVER GET ABOVE FREEZING TODAY...DESPITE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. AS THE ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLES ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL BECOME NEAR CALM OVER MOST AREAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES 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 WILL 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 ABOUT 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 HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS... AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GOULD/FOURNIER