000 WWUS72 KTAE 161950 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 250 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS THIS EVENING. WITH A DRY AND COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR CALM WINDS. LONG DURATIONS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AWAY FROM THE COAST...WITH A COUPLE OF HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 171300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0003.070217T0400Z-070217T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.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 250 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2007 /150 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ SATURDAY FOR A HARD FREEZE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ SATURDAY. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 20S. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR SIX TO NINE HOURS WITH DURATIONS OF HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES...OR TEMPERATURES BELOW 25 DEGREES...FOR TWO TO FOUR HOURS. AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST CAN ANTICIPATE A FEW HOURS OF TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES BELOW 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PLANTS...PETS...PIPES AND THOSE PEOPLE SENSITIVE TO THESE COLD TEMPERATURES. $$ 38-GODSEY