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WWUS72 KTAE 160844
NPWTAE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
344 AM EST FRI FEB 16 2007

...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

.A STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF WATERS THIS EVENING. CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR CALM
WINDS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET QUICKLY...WITH LONG
DURATIONS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS
EXCEPT THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
162100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.A.0003.070217T0400Z-070217T1300Z/
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...ABBEVILLE...
GENEVA...DOTHAN...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MIRAMAR BEACH...BONIFAY...
CHIPLEY...MARIANNA...PANAMA CITY...BLOUNTSTOWN...PORT ST. JOE...
APALACHICOLA...QUINCY...TALLAHASSEE...MONTICELLO...MADISON...
BRISTOL...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...
GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...MORGAN...DAWSON...ALBANY...
LEESBURG...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...
BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...MOULTRIE...ADEL...
NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...
QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
344 AM EST FRI FEB 16 2007 /244 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2007/

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING FOR A HARD FREEZE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE IMMEDIATE GULF COAST.

A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
WITH 6 TO 8 HOUR DURATIONS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 26 DEGREES 
POSSIBLE OVER INLAND AREAS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALONG
THE COAST...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO
AROUND 30 DEGREES.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONS MAY BE REQUIRED TO PROTECT PLANTS...PETS...PIPES AND
THOSE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD. IF A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED...IT
WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON.

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JAMSKI