000 WWUS72 KTAE 051450 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 950 AM EST THU FEB 5 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .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- 052100- /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.A.0006.090206T0300Z-090206T1400Z/ 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 950 AM EST THU FEB 5 2009 /850 AM CST THU FEB 5 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN FACT...THE HARD FREEZE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING THIS AFTERNOON. 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 WATCH MEANS A LONG PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE. $$ BARRY