[Weather_Warnings] Freeze Warning

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WWUS72 KJAX 160929
NPWJAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
429 AM EST FRI FEB 16 2007


FLZ033-038-040-162300-
/O.CON.KJAX.FZ.W.0008.070217T0300Z-070217T1400Z/
ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-MARION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST AUGUSTINE...PALM COAST...OCALA
429 AM EST FRI FEB 16 2007

..FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST SATURDAY...

COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT MAKING CONDITIONS
IDEAL FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING RESULTING IN A FREEZE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED INLAND WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID 20S. THE DURATION OF THE HARD FREEZE WILL
BE 2 TO 4 HOURS. A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER AND AT
THE COAST WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THERE AROUND 30.

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 AND OUTDOOR PETS 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.

TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER
PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP
SLOWLY.  THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN
THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM
FROM FREEZING.

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