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WWUS72 KTAE 202000
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
300 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2009

...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST
SATURDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AWAY FROM THE COAST...

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/O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0008.090221T0700Z-090221T1300Z/
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
300 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2009

...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NO IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST
SATURDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AWAY FROM THE COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST
SATURDAY.

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE GULF REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND BE SITUATED OVER THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. WITH
CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR CALM WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET
RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. SEVERAL HOURS OF MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOWER TO MID 20S ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NORMALLY COLDER INLAND
LOCATIONS BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. ALONG THE BIG BEND COAST...MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PATCHY
FROST IS ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A LONG PERIOD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ARE IMMINENT. 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.

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JAMSKI