000 WWUS72 KTAE 050745 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 245 AM EST THU FEB 5 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE SAME AREA... .AN UNUSUALLY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 051600- /O.EXT.KTAE.HZ.A.0006.090206T0300Z-090206T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090205T1400Z/ 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 245 AM EST THU FEB 5 2009 /145 AM CST THU FEB 5 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL BRIEFLY DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S AROUND DAWN THIS MORNING IN AREAS WHERE THE WIND IS CALM. IN AREAS THAT THE WIND STAYS UP A BIT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MID MORNING. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN FACT...THE HARD FREEZE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING LATER THIS MORNING. UNLIKE THIS MORNING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETELY CALM TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES IN THE NORMALLY COLDER INLAND LOCATIONS TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING OPEN FIELDS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AT THE BEACHES AROUND ST GEORGE ISLAND AND PANAMA CITY...AND IN THE MID 20S ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST. THE DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 HOURS INLAND...AND 4 TO 8 HOURS AT THE BEACHES. FROST IS ALSO LIKELY. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A LONG PERIOD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS MAY DAMAGE VEGETATION AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. THERE IS ALSO AN INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE IF NOT PROPERLY DRESSED FOR THE COLD WEATHER. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS A LONG PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE. $$ FOURNIER