000 WWUS72 KTAE 032036 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 336 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT. THIS AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S RESULTING IN A BRIEF HARD FREEZE. AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD DRY AIRMASS AND LIGHT WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>145-041300- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0005.090204T0900Z-090204T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0005.090205T0300Z-090205T1400Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT... SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON... ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON... FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT... NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM 336 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 /236 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND 2 AM EST /1 AM CST/ AS COLDER AIR DESCENDS OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP STEADILY THROUGH THE NIGHT AND REACH HARD FREEZE CRITERIA A FEW HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE. THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE HOURS AROUND SUNRISE. THE COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH NEAR IDEAL CONDITIONS PRESENT FOR STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S ACROSS THE REGION. TOTAL DURATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD APPROACH 12 HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS. ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL LATER IN THE WEEK. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 26 DEGREES FOR TWO OR MORE HOURS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. REMEMBER TO ALSO PROTECT YOURSELF IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE DURING TIMES OF THESE COLD TEMPERATURES. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ146>148-155>161-041300- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0005.090205T0300Z-090205T1400Z/ INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY- CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 336 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 /236 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE REGION. A FEW HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE HARD FREEZE CRITERIA. AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES FURTHER ENTRENCHED INTO WEDNESDAY...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A LONG DURATIONS FREEZE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A PERIOD OF HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. MANY INLAND LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S IN THE HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE...WHILE COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID 20S. TOTAL DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER INLAND AREAS WILL APPROACH 12 HOURS. AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST CAN EXPECT FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 6 TO 9 HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL LATER IN THE WEEK. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR TWO OR MORE HOURS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY AND YOURSELF BEFORE THE COLD WEATHER ARRIVES. $$ 38-GODSEY