000 WWUS72 KTAE 211418 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 918 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY... .A COLD...DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME CALM AFTER SUNSET...RESULTING IN ANOTHER HARD FREEZE FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AWAY FROM THE BEACHES. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 221300- /O.CAN.KTAE.HZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090121T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.W.0004.090122T0500Z-090122T1300Z/ 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 918 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 /818 AM CST WED JAN 21 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING WITHIN A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID MORNING THURSDAY. THE NORMALLY COLDEST INLAND LOCATIONS...LIKE THE TALLAHASSEE...VALDOSTA...AND CROSS CITY AIRPORTS...COULD GET DOWN INTO THE UPPER TEENS BY DAWN THURSDAY. THESE SITES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR UP TO 12 HOURS. INLAND DOWNTOWN AREAS AND LOCATIONS PROTECTED BY ABUNDANT TREE COVER WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S AND FREEZE DURATIONS UP TO 8 HOURS. A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES...WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...AND FREEZE DURATIONS UP TO 6 HOURS. 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. $$ FOURNIER