[Weather_Warnings] Freeze Warning

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WWUS72 KJAX 171032
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
532 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

FLZ024-025-032-037-171400-
/O.NEW.KJAX.FZ.A.0009.070219T0800Z-070219T1400Z/
/O.CON.KJAX.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070217T1400Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...
GREEN COVE SPRINGS...PALATKA
532 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

..FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...
..FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE OCCURRING OR 
IMMINENT 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.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND
RESULT IN COLD TEMPERATURES FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES MAY BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 27 AND 31
DEGREES OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST MAY 
BRIEFLY DIP TO FREEZING.

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.

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