Freeze Warning for Panhandle
12/05/09 - 09:09 PM

Tallahassee, Fla:

...A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…SOUTHWEST GEORGIA…THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND…AWAY FROM THE COAST…FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ SUNDAY MORNING…

A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. ASIDE FROM LIGHT WINDS… NEARLY IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW PREDAWN TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO THE UPPER 20S WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER TO AROUND 30 DEGREES EAST OF THE RIVER. EXPECT FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE COLDEST LOCALES TO LAST AT LEAST FIVE HOURS WEST…AND THREE HOURS EAST OF THE RIVER.

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DALEVILLE…HEADLAND…ABBEVILLE…GENEVA…HARTFORD…SAMSON…SLOCOMB…MALVERN…TAYLOR…ASHFORD…KINSEY…COWARTS…WEBB…COTTONWOOD…REHOBETH…DE FUNIAK SPRINGS…INWOOD…HUDSON…BONIFAY…CRYSTAL LAKE…CHIPLEY…FIVE POINTS…MARIANNA…GRACEVILLE…MALONE…SNEADS…PANAMA CITY…CALLAWAY…LYNN HAVEN…UPPER GRAND LAGOON…BLOUNTSTOWN…WHITE CITY…PORT ST. JOE…WEWAHITCHKA…APALACHICOLA…CARRABELLE…QUINCY…CHATTAHOOCHEE…SWEETWATER… GEORGETOWN… FORT GAINES…CUTHBERT…SHELLMAN…ARLINGTON…MORGAN…EDISON…LEARY…DAWSON…ALBANY…LEESBURG…SMITHVILLE…DOUGLASVILLE…
BLAKELY…COLQUITT…NEWTON…CAMILLA…PELHAM…DONALSONVILLE…BAINBRIDGE…CAIRO
243 PM EST SAT DEC 5 2009 /143 PM CST SAT DEC 5 2009/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 8 AM
EST /7 AM CST/ SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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