000 WWUS72 KTAE 052023 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 323 PM EST THU FEB 5 2009 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA 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- 061400- /O.UPG.KTAE.HZ.A.0006.090206T0300Z-090206T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0007.090206T0300Z-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 323 PM EST THU FEB 5 2009 /223 PM CST THU FEB 5 2009/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ FRIDAY... 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/ FRIDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HARD FREEZE WARNING AS ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION. UNLIKE THIS THURSDAY 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. $$ BARRY/FOURNIER