000 WWUS72 KTAE 140843 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 343 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A DRY COLD FRONT LATE THURSDAY NIGHT IN FRIDAY. A VERY DRY AND COLD AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE AND WILL LEAD TO THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON. THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE LOCAL AREA...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...COULD OBSERVE TEMPERATURES NEAR 20 DEGREES BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE WILL RANGE FROM 23 TO 26 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 160845- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0001.090116T0700Z-090116T1300Z/ 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 343 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 /243 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW 26 DEGREES FOR TWO OR MORE HOURS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL RANGE FROM 26 TO 30 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$