000 WWUS72 KTAE 041443 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 943 AM EST WED FEB 4 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THURSDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER IN A VERY COLD AIRMASS. THESE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL NOT ONLY CREATE CHOPPY AND ROUGH CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES TODAY...BUT WILL ALSO MAKE FOR A BLUSTERY DAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO WARM INTO THE 40S. THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF THE VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL CREATE TWO STRAIGHT NIGHTS OF HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. ALZ065>069-FLZ007-009>011-013-015>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-042100- /O.UPG.KTAE.HZ.A.0005.090205T0300Z-090205T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0006.090205T0300Z-090205T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0006.090206T0400Z-090206T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090204T2100Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON- JACKSON-CALHOUN-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...HUDSON...BONIFAY... CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE... MALONE...SNEADS...BLOUNTSTOWN...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 943 AM EST WED FEB 4 2009 /843 AM CST WED FEB 4 2009/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THURSDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THURSDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LARGE LAKES TODAY. WITH A VERY COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AND FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AS A RESULT...MUCH OF THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE A LONG DURATION FREEZE WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW TWENTIES BY DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. TOTAL DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY EXCEED 12 HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS WITH HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES LASTING AROUND 6 HOURS. THE ARCTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE RIGHT OVER NORTH FLORIDA ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND CREATE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME AREAS IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COULD EXPERIENCE THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE SEASON...AND PERHAPS IN MANY YEARS...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS IF NOT COLDER. ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE SLIGHTLY WARMER IN THE LOWER TWENTIES. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS A LONG PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS MAY DAMAGE VEGETATION AND EXPOSED PIPES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS MAY BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ FLZ008-012-014-042100- /O.UPG.KTAE.HZ.A.0005.090205T0300Z-090205T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0006.090205T0300Z-090205T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0006.090206T0600Z-090206T1300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090204T2100Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INWOOD...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...WHITE CITY...PORT ST. JOE... WEWAHITCHKA 843 AM CST WED FEB 4 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LARGE LAKES TODAY. WITH A VERY COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AND FALL BELOW FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE A LONG DURATION FREEZE WITH A FEW HOURS OF HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES...EVEN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS INLAND AND LOW TO MID TWENTIES AT THE COAST BY DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. TOTAL DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY EXCEED 12 HOURS INLAND WITH HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES LASTING AROUND 6 HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND OF HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER...SO AREAS RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST MAY NOT EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE. HOWEVER...INLAND AREAS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD EXPERIENCE ANOTHER HARD FREEZE WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TWENTIES FOR A FEW HOURS. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS A LONG PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS MAY DAMAGE VEGETATION AND EXPOSED PIPES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS MAY BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GODSEY