Hard freeze warnings for the next two days

January 6, 2014

Jan 6, 2014

From the National Weather Service: Hard Freeze Warning

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
MIDDAY TUESDAY FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION...

FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FILL IN BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC
COLD FRONT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBANY TO PANAMA CITY THIS
MORNING. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR TEMPERATURES TO RECOVER TO
ABOVE FREEZING CONDITIONS...AND EVEN THEN TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL
PLUMMET INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S AREA WIDE. HARD FREEZE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EVERYWHERE...WITH SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO LAST ALL DAY TUESDAY ACROSS THE EXTREME
NORTHERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

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Due to the impending inclement weather, Walton County is opening two cold weather shelters to accommodate those in need of respite from the predicted cold weather:

DeFuniak Springs Community Center
361 North 10th Street
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
Call The Matrix for more information 892-1090

Coastal Branch Library/ Community Center
437 Greenway Trail
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
Call Kiwanis Club for more information 974-2071

At this time, the duration of operation is undetermined, but the shelters are expected to remain open for the length of the freeze advisory.

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