000 WWUS72 KTAE 192009 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 309 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND HOLMES AND INLAND WALTON COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... .A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT...ALLOWING AN ARCTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS HIGH WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...WHICH WILL PRODUCE HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...THESE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 15 DEGREES OR BELOW FOR A FEW HOURS. ALZ065>069-FLZ007-009-GAZ120>124-126-142-201400- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0004.080120T1000Z-080120T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0002.080121T0900Z-080121T1300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-LEE-EARLY- 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...HUDSON...BONIFAY... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY 309 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 /209 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... CLEARING SKIES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH LOWS BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 23 AND 26 DEGREES AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THIS WILL RESULT IN HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH 6 TO 9 HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZE CONDITIONS. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAME AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT...AND IF NECESSARY...THE WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. 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 HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS... AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. $$ FLZ008-010>013-016-017-026-027-GAZ125-127>131-143>146-155>158- 201400- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0002.080121T0900Z-080121T1300Z/ COASTAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- LIBERTY-WAKULLA-DOUGHERTY-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-MILLER- BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INWOOD...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY... FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS... PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON... BLOUNTSTOWN...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE... SPRING HILL...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...ALBANY... SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...COLQUITT... NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE 309 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 /209 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008/ ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH BROUGHT THE COLD RAIN TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY PULLS AWAY...HIGH PRESSURE WITH MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL GRADUALLY BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH A HARD FREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT... LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 27 AND 31 DEGREES...WHICH WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 6 HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZE CONDITIONS. ON SUNDAY NIGHT...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 23 TO 26 DEGREES WHICH MAY PRODUCE 2 TO 4 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS. IF NECESSARY...THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS... AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. $$ 17-GOULD