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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
808 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

FLZ025-032-037-040-161030-
/O.EXT.KJAX.FZ.W.0002.090116T0800Z-090116T1400Z/
/O.CON.KJAX.HZ.A.0002.090117T0300Z-090117T1500Z/
DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM-MARION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...
PALATKA...OCALA
808 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS PLUNGES INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND ANOTHER
FREEZE IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO DROP TO THE
UPPER 20S EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY SATURDAY ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO THE LOWER 20S WITH A
POSSIBLE HARD FREEZE. AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND RIVER
WILL BE WARMER BUT A LIGHT FREEZE IS STILL EXPECTED THERE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS.  APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE
TAKEN TO ENSURE TENDER VEGETATION...OUTDOOR PETS...AND EXPOSED
WATER PIPES HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES.
YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT THEM.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
808 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

FLZ033-038-161030-
/O.EXT.KJAX.FZ.W.0002.090116T0800Z-090116T1400Z/
/O.CON.KJAX.FZ.A.0003.090117T0500Z-090117T1400Z/
ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST AUGUSTINE...PALM COAST
808 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY.
A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS PLUNGES INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND ANOTHER
FREEZE IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO DROP TO NEAR
30 AWAY FROM THE COAST TONIGHT AND INTO THE UPPER 20S EARLY
SATURDAY.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS.  APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE
TAKEN TO ENSURE TENDER VEGETATION...OUTDOOR PETS...AND EXPOSED
WATER PIPES HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES.
YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT THEM.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE FOR
AT LEAST 2 HOURS. PRECAUTIONS MAY BE REQUIRED TO PROTECT PLANTS...
  PETS...PIPES AND THOSE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD IF A FREEZE
WARNING IS ISSUED.

$$

ECZ












URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
428 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...ARCTIC COLD AIR INVADES THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS WEEK...

.ANOTHER SURGE OF VERY COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION TODAY. THIS ARCTIC COLD
FRONT WILL RESULT IN THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER
SEASON TO DATE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

LAZ056>070-160630-
/O.CON.KLIX.FZ.W.0002.090116T0400Z-090116T1500Z/
ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE...
THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...
KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...
HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY
428 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTH OF
THE TIDAL LAKES.

AS ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH FREEZING AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
AND BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 30S FOR A FEW HOURS OVERNIGHT AND
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE ONLY AREA THAT MAY REMAIN JUST ABOVE
FREEZING OVERNIGHT IS THE EXTREME LOWER PORTION OF PLAQUEMINES
PARISH AND THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS OF TERREBONNE...
LAFOURCHE...AND JEFFERSON PARISHES.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
300 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NATURE COAST FOR LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

...A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NATURE COAST FOR LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND
SOUTHEASTERN STATES LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF A
COLD FRONT. MORE COLD DRY AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 20S AND 30S ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WINDS
WILL DIMINISH SOME AND SKIES WILL CLEAR ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO
DROP BELOW FREEZING OVER THE NATURE COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

FLZ039-042-043-048-161300-
/O.UPG.KTBW.FZ.A.0002.090116T0600Z-090116T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.FZ.W.0002.090116T0600Z-090116T1300Z/
/O.CON.KTBW.FZ.A.0003.090117T0600Z-090117T1300Z/
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL
300 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM
EST FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION LATE TODAY. THIS
FRONT WILL USHER IN EVEN COLDER AIR AS A LARGE ARCTIC SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH...WITH ADDITIONAL SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

ADDITIONAL SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
NATURE COAST LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND A
FREEZE WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS AND
VEGETATION. PETS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS EARLY THIS EVENING AND
AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING. ALSO...THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO ENSURE THAT
YOUR HOMES HEATING SYSTEM IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

RESIDENTS PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT
SHOULD PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING...AS
THEY WILL INSULATE YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT OR JACKET.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED FOR 3 OR MORE HOURS OF TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN 27 AND 32 OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A WIDESPREAD AND
DAMAGING FREEZE WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS. DURING THE FREEZE PERIOD...
TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW 32 DEGREES FOR MORE THAN 8 HOURS.

$$

PRC




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