000 WWUS72 KTAE 211126 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 626 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY... .A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT PROVIDING A NEAR IDEAL SETUP FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING. ANOTHER WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS NOW EXPECTED AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 211530- /O.UPG.KTAE.HZ.A.0004.090122T0600Z-090122T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0004.090122T0500Z-090122T1300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090121T1400Z/ 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 626 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 /526 AM CST WED JAN 21 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY... A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S THROUGH SUNRISE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE REGION BY TONIGHT PROVIDING VERY GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. TONIGHT LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FREEZE WITH MANY INLAND LOCATIONS FALLING BELOW FREEZING FOR 8 TO 10 HOURS. COLDER INLAND LOCATIONS ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND FAR SOUTHERN GEORGIA ARE EXPECTED TO SEE 4 TO 6 HOURS BELOW 25 DEGREES WHERE THE SANDIER SOILS WILL AID IN THE RADIATIONAL COOLING PROCESS. A FEW NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS ARE EVEN FORECAST TO REACH THE UPPER TEENS TOWARD SUNRISE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...2 TO 4 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 25 DEGREES OR LOWER FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS CAN DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PETS...EXPOSED PIPES...AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ 14-MROCZKA