000 WWUS72 KTAE 182000 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 300 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...A FREEZE WARNING FOR A HARD FREEZE IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING CAUSING WINDS TO DECREASE AND BECOME CALM AFTER MIDNIGHT. DUE TO A COLD AIRMASS ACCOMPANYING THIS HIGH PRESSURE AREA COMBINING WITH CLEAR SKIES AT NIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION. MANY INLAND LOCATIONS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S GIVING THESE AREAS ANOTHER WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148- 155>161-191300- /O.CAN.KTAE.LW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070218T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0004.070219T0900Z-070219T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0004.070219T0800Z-070219T1300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-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...BLOUNTSTOWN...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 300 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 /200 PM CST SUN FEB 18 2007/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ MONDAY FOR A HARD FREEZE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR A HARD FREEZE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ MONDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE GULF COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET AND FALL BELOW FREEZING JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION YIELDING DURATIONS OF 7 TO 10 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING. HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES...OR TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES...WILL OCCUR FOR 2 TO 5 HOURS ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND AREAS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. A FREEZE WARNING FOR A HARD FREEZE MEANS TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES FOR TWO HOURS OR MORE WILL OCCUR. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT PLANTS...PETS...PIPES AND THOSE PEOPLE SENSITIVE TO THESE COLD TEMPERATURES. $$ FLZ012-014-015-182100- /O.CAN.KTAE.LW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070218T2300Z/ BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PANAMA CITY...PORT ST. JOE... APALACHICOLA 300 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 /200 PM CST SUN FEB 18 2007/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE...WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE AND HAVE NOW DROPPED BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE FLORIDA GULF COAST FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS...BUT A HARD FREEZE...OR TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES...ARE NOT EXPECTED. RESIDENTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD TAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT ANY PLANTS AND PETS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. $$ 38-GODSEY