The Hard Freeze Warning has been cancelled, but there is now a Freeze warning in place of it:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
303 PM EST WED JAN 14 2009
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NATURE COAST LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NATURE COAST AND PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...
.COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND
SOUTHEASTERN STATES TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WHICH
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL OFF RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT
WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING OVER THE NATURE COAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
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LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL
303 PM EST WED JAN 14 2009
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM
EST THURSDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A
FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL OFF
RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW
FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH
TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 20S.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS. PLAN TO
COVER OR BRING INDOORS THIS EVENING. PETS SHOULD ALSO BE BROUGHT
INDOORS. ALSO...THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOUR HOMES
HEATING SYSTEM IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. WRAP OR COVER EXPOSED
OUTDOOR PIPES TO PREVENT THEM FROM BURSTING.
RESIDENTS PLANNING TO BE OUTDOOR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING SHOULD PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF
CLOTHING...AS THEY WILL INSULATE YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT OR
JACKET.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH TH REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS
FRONT WILL USHER IN EVEN COLDER AIR AS A LARGE ARCTIC SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH...WITH ADDITIONAL SUB-
FREEZING TEMPERATURE LIKELY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES
WIND IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE THURSDAY NIGHT WILL SUPPORT VERY
LOW WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION.
RESIDENTS PLANNING TO BE OUTDOOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING SHOULD PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF
CLOTHING...AS THEY WILL INSULATE YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT OR
JACKET.
A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED FOR 3 OR MORE HOURS OF TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN 27 AND 32 OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA.
RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.
A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A WIDESPREAD AND
DAMAGING FREEZE WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS. DURING THE FREEZE
PERIOD...TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW 32 DEGREES FOR MORE THAN
8 HOURS.
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