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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
322 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2009

...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING FOR FLORIDA BIG BEND AWAY FROM THE COAST...

...A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
AREA...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST ACROSS THE GULF REGION TODAY
AND WILL BE SITUATED OVER THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. WITH CLEAR
SKIES AND NEAR CALM WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY PLUMMET
AFTER SUNSET. SEVERAL HOURS OF MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW
20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE COLDEST BIG BEND SITES AROUND SUNRISE.
THEREFORE A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION...EXPECT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20S WITH A LIGHT FREEZE. AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR AREAWIDE.

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FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-
LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...
MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...
PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY
322 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2009

...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EST TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM
EST SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. 

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES ARE
EXPECTED FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL
PLANTS, CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSE A THREAT TO
EXPOSED WATER PIPES. BRINGS ALL PETS INSIDE THE HOME. 

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