First freeze of the season expected tonight

[Brent]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
444 AM CST THU NOV 25 2004

...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT...

.A COLD AND DRY AIR MASS HAS SETTLED OVER ALABAMA THIS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE COMMON OVER THE
AREA THIS MORNING...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE BY TONIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EASTERN TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST OVER
ALABAMA TONIGHT. CLOUDY SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO CLEAR SKIES OVER
THE WESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
SHOULD BE NEAR CALM OVER MOST PLACES BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR A WIDESPREAD FREEZE TONIGHT.

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AUTAUGA AL-BARBOUR AL-BIBB AL-BLOUNT AL-BULLOCK AL-CALHOUN AL-
CHAMBERS AL-CHEROKEE AL-CHILTON AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-COOSA AL-
DALLAS AL-ELMORE AL-ETOWAH AL-FAYETTE AL-GREENE AL-HALE AL-
JEFFERSON AL-LAMAR AL-LEE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MARENGO AL-
MARION AL-MONTGOMERY AL-PERRY AL-PICKENS AL-PIKE AL-RANDOLPH AL-
RUSSELL AL-SHELBY AL-ST. CLAIR AL-SUMTER AL-TALLADEGA AL-
TALLAPOOSA AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YORK...WINFIELD...WEST END-COBB TOWN...
WEDOWEE...WARRIOR...TRUSSVILLE...SYLACAUGA...ROCKFORD...
RAINBOW CITY...PIEDMONT...PHENIX CITY...PELHAM...OXFORD...OPELIKA...
MOODY...MONTEVALLO...MINOR...LINCOLN...LANETT...HUEYTOWN...HOOVER...
HELENA...HALEYVILLE...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...DEMOPOLIS...
DADEVILLE...CORDOVA...COLUMBIANA...CHILDERSBURG...BRENT...BESSEMER...
ALICEVILLE...WETUMPKA...UNION SPRINGS...TUSKEGEE...TUSCALOOSA...
TROY...TALLADEGA...SELMA...ROANOKE...PRATTVILLE...PELL CITY...
ONEONTA...MONTGOMERY...MARION...LIVINGSTON...LINDEN...LAFAYETTE...
JASPER...HEFLIN...HAYNEVILLE...HAMILTON...GREENSBORO...GADSDEN...
FAYETTE...EUTAW...EUFAULA...DOUBLE SPRINGS...CLANTON...CENTRE...
BIRMINGHAM...AUBURN...ASHLAND...ANNISTON...
ALEXANDER CITY AND ALABASTER
444 AM CST THU NOV 25 2004

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT...

MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE
LOWER 30S. UPPER 20S ARE MOST LIKELY IN THE RURAL AREAS GENERALLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES NORTH OF
AUBURN. IN THE URBAN OR METROPOLITAN AREAS...THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
TONIGHT WILL BE NEAR 32. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE MOST LIKELY
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY BETWEEN 2 AND 8 AM.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE
WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.
ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR
BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.