Hard Freeze for FL panhandle tonight

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Hard Freeze for FL panhandle tonight

#1 Postby Opal storm » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:09 pm

Inland areas of NW FL will experience the first hard freeze of the season tonight.NWS has Crestview getting all the way down to 21 tonight. :eek:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 PM CST THU DEC 22 2005

...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

.HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY WILL MOVE
SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA TONIGHT. CALM WINDS AND A VERY DRY
AIRMASS NEAR AND JUST EAST OF THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW 26 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS FOR AREAS
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 IN THE WARNED AREA.

ALZ056>060-FLZ003-005-230430-
/O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0003.051223T0600Z-051223T1300Z/
CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
INLAND OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
JAY...CRESTVIEW
229 PM CST THU DEC 22 2005

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM
CST FRIDAY...

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING DURING THE EVENING HOURS
TONIGHT...THEN WILL DIP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S FOR SEVERAL HOURS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT DAMAGE...SUCH
AS FROM FREEZING PIPES AND AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS. CHECK ON ELDERLY
NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE PROPER HEAT. PLANTS THAT CANNOT
WITHSTAND THESE FREEZING BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
BROUGHT IN OR PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. ALSO REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE
THAT FAMILY PETS HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTER FROM THE COLD.

PERSONS USING PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL
AWAY FROM ANY FLAMMABLE MATERIALS BEFORE GOING TO BED TONIGHT. THOSE
USING KEROSENE HEATERS SHOULD FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS
CLOSELY FOR INDOOR USE.

$$
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Re: Hard Freeze for FL panhandle tonight

#2 Postby Brent » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:33 pm

Opal storm wrote:PERSONS USING PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL
AWAY FROM ANY FLAMMABLE MATERIALS BEFORE GOING TO BED TONIGHT.


This cannot be stressed enough. There have been several fatal structure fires for that very reason around here the past couple of weeks. :( :(
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