000 WWUS72 KTAE 030016 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 716 PM 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 VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. 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- 031600- /O.EXP.KTAE.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080103T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.HZ.W.0002.080103T0200Z-080103T1600Z/ 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 716 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008 /616 PM CST WED JAN 2 2008/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THURSDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THURSDAY. AS THE ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLES ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. THIS 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. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS... AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. $$ 18-WOOL