NPWTBW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1000 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR ALL REMAINING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .A STRONG AREA OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH OUT OF THE PLAINS AND INTO THE DEEP SOUTH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FLZ039-042-131400- /O.CON.KTBW.HZ.W.0001.110113T0300Z-110113T1400Z/ LEVY-CITRUS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER... INVERNESS 1000 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY... A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS EVENING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID MORNING ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 20S AROUND SUNRISE WITH DURATIONS OF 3 TO 5 HOURS BELOW 27 DEGREES LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE FOUND OVER INLAND AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING. && $$